Learning and Teaching
Meet the teacher!
This week, Mikayla and Charisma from Learning Space 1 Seniors interviewed our new DT Specialist teacher and this is what they discovered.
Name: Taryn Bartlett
Teaching: I have been teaching for seven and half years.
A few of my favourite things:
Colour: Green
Food: Italian
Flower: Australian native flowers.
TV show: Anything that will make me laugh!
Animal: Elephant
Sport: I like to watch AFL.
When I'm not teaching or planning lessons you can find me...
Doing: Riding or down at the beach.
Watching: Harry Potter.
Playing: With my dog.
Cooking: Pasta
Spending time: With friends and family.
A fun fact about me:
I have a niece and nephew who I love to dote on, and I am an absolute movie buff!
Taryn Bartlett
Digital Technology Specialist Teacher
tbartlett@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au
Staff PD Day Friday 22 July - School Closed
SPORTS NEWS
SENIOR SPORTS
Today Grade 5/6 were training for winter inter-school sports and Grade 3/4 completed their second winter inter-school sports rotation so that they become familiar with the sports they will be playing for inter-school sports.
Grade 5/6 parents please give permission on Operoo for your child to participate in Inter-school Sports for Term 3 and 4.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY
We are so proud of Andi who represented us at the Victorian State Championships for Cross Country on Thursday. What an amazing effort!!! Our first student who has made it to this level. Andi came in 5th and will now represent us at Nationals in Adelaide at the end of August. Incredible!!
She had a cheer fan at State. Thank you to Lulli, Kristy and the Divisional Team for attending. And she had a great welcome back to school with balloons, signs and the whole school to congratulate her. Well done Andi! We are so proud of you!
JUNIOR TAEKWONDO
Thanks to a Sporting Schools grant we are in the midst of organising Taekwondo Clinics for our Juniors. We are hoping they will take place in Week 4, 5 and Week 8 and 9.
The clinic days will be the same as previous terms:
Monday LS3
Tuesday LS2
Friday LS1
Once confirmed, parents will be able to find additional information via Operoo. We ask parents to ensure all Juniors are wearing their sports uniform and bring their drink bottle on their clinic days.
DISTRICT ATHLETICS
During Week 7 of Term 3 some of our Senior Students will be involved in District Athletics where we compete against other schools in our district.
We are now beginning to sort out our team. Students will need to be at least 9 years old by December 31st this year to enter. They are able to enter 2 individual events and a relay.
Students have already met to indicate their interest in the events they would like to try out for. Try outs will occur on Tuesdays 2nd lunch. I will advertise which events we are trying out for in Morning Gathering. It is the student’s responsibility to attend the try outs.
If your child was absent for the meeting to express their interest, please email me at gfaiola@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au including your child’s name, home group, age as of the 31st of December this year and indicating which event your child would like to try out for.
The events are:
shotput,
discus,
long jump,
triple jump,
high jump,
100 metres,
200 metres, hurdles,
800 metres and 1500 metres.
Please ask your child if they attended the meeting before emailing.
Please be aware we can only enter 1 student in each event for each age group.
If emails could please be sent to me as soon as possible but no later than Monday 18th July as tryouts will begin on Tuesday 19th July.
Giuliana