Unwelcome whiff of summer

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-527" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;03&sol;Body&lowbar;Odour&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Body Odour" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"150" &sol;>A prominent Auckland school has asked parents to make sure their children are showering daily and wearing antiperspirant so they don&&num;8217&semi;t have &&num;8220&semi;overpowering&&num;8221&semi; body odour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mt Albert Grammar School headmaster Dale Burden emailed parents with the subject line&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Managing the classroom environment in the heat of summer&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the hot weather&comma; while enjoyable during the break and at weekends&comma; could be less desirable within the classroom&period; &&num;8220&semi;I would appreciate your assistance in ensuring your son&sol;daughter is taking every step to ensure they are managing the realities of being an adolescent&comma; having to wear school uniform and keep comfortable&period; This subject of personal hygiene can make us all a bit uncomfortable and self-conscious&comma; but as a natural part of everyday life it cannot be overlooked&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Burden said the process of growing up for adolescents was a time of physical growth and development and while many teenagers recognised this in others&comma; they were slower to accept changes to themselves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;