Getting to and from school safely
Parents and carers can teach their children to use roads safely by planning safe routes to school, following traffic rules, and serving as role models for safe road usage.
Pick the safest way to school and practise travelling the route with your child, talking about and showing them how to be a safe road user.
Plan and practise walking and riding routes with your child. Discuss what they will do before and after school, and when they need to be home.
Talk about what to do when they’re running late, feel unsafe travelling to or from school, miss the bus or train, lose their travel pass, or it’s wet weather.
Discuss how distractions such as talking on the phone, texting or using headphones can affect their safety when travelling.
If your child will be travelling by public transport, help them plan the route. Use the trip planner at transportnsw.info/trip
Help your child organise a school Opal card or bus pass if travelling by public transport. Call 131 500 or visit transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/ticket-eligibility-concessions/school-student-travel
Find out more about safe travel to school.