16 February 2018

Newsletter Articles

Message from the Principal

As you may have read in my email earlier this week, I have been asked to fill a temporary post at MacGregor State School for the next six weeks, starting Monday. I will maintain my substantive role as Principal of Gumdale State School, but will be absent for the remainder of this term.

During my posting to MacGregor, Ms Carmel Herbert will serve as Acting Principal.

I wish to assure all of our parents and stakeholders that that it is business as usual at Gumdale State School. This year is off to a great start and I thank everyone – parents, staff, sponsors, P&C volunteers - for your ongoing commitment towards our school community.

This week we held a Ceremony to welcome our new Student Council leaders for 2018. Congratulations to all; I look forward to witnessing their collaboration and leadership throughout the year as they serve as Ambassadors to our school.

A reminder about parking in and around the school. We have received numerous complaints from our close neighbours (Eastside Village, Kindys etc. that skirt our perimeter). In respect to our fellow neighbours, please ensure you are using our Tilley Road Carpark and our Stop, Drop Go Zone.

Thank you to everyone who attended our P&C’s AGM on Tuesday of this week. We are greatly appreciative of the work our P&C Executive Committee and volunteers have done. Over the past year, they enabled us to air-condition four classrooms through generous funding and will provide funding for an additional nine classrooms to be air-conditioned. We look forward to another great year with Shaunesy at the helm along with her fellow re-elected Committee members.

As our many school activities are back in full swing: school choir, STEAM Club, sporting events and more – I encourage your child to join in and make the most of what our great school has to offer.

I am particularly excited that our school will host 16 students from Japan at the end of next week for a 12-day study tour. What a wonderful opportunity for our students and visiting guests. Time for us all to learn a few Japanese phrases and share some vegemite sandwiches.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Always our Best,

Phil Savill
Principal

Reminders from the School

School Photos

Official School photos will be held on Monday and Tuesday (5 – 6 March 2018) in our School Hall. Students are required to wear their formal school uniform on both days, including black shoes. The Sibling Photos will be taken in the Hall between 7:45 and 8:45am. Forms will be coming home next week with details on how to access the website to place your order. An example slip can be viewed at the link below. If you have any questions regarding the process, the website or the packages, please contact Geoff directly at geoff@littleimages.com.au

Coles Schools for Sports

Gumdale State School is participating in the Coles Schools for Sports Program. For every $10 spent at Coles, you will receive one Sports for Schools voucher. Parents/students are asked to bring vouchers to our school and place them in the collection bin, located in the Admin Building reception. Every voucher you donate to our school can be redeemed for leading brand sports equipment.

Parking and Traffic Movement

A reminder to be considerate of other users of the roads and parking areas around our school. Please ensure signage and traffic direction is adhered to. The speed limit through our car parks is 10 km/h. Our student safety as well as your own is a priority.

Parking at the Eastside Village is not for school drop-off and pick-up. We understand that the peak drop off and pick up times can be busy for families, but please be patient and respectful of our neighbourhood friends and businesses. Families are encouraged to use our Stop, Drop & Go zone within the Tilley Road School Car park.

Messages from the Deputies

Reading

Reading continues to be a priority for Gumdale State School students. It is great to see how keen our students are to read and the improvements they are making in this area. As we visit classrooms and talk to students, the enthusiasm our teachers and students have for reading is evident. Thank you to our parents for supporting your children at home, reading quality texts with them and listening to them read daily.

Student Council Badge Presentation

Congratulations to all our elected class representatives who were presented with their Student Council badges on Monday this week. We are confident that these students will work with their peers and the school leaders to make 2018 a year to remember at Gumdale State School. Photos from the Badge Presentation are further below in this issue.

Mornings in the Hall

Due to technical issues with the screens in the Hall we are unable to offer Just Dance in the Hall before school. Students in years 2-6 are offered the option of activities on the oval with Mr Doherty. Students in the Hall are asked to sit and talk quietly with their friends prior to lining up. Students are fully supervised in the Hall by staff enabling parents to drop their children off. Please be mindful of keeping all doorways clear for our students.

Prep Parent Reading Session

Thank you to our Prep parents who attended the Reading information session yesterday afternoon. If you were not able to attend, classroom teachers can provide the information that was shared.

Prep and Year 1 - Mrs Carmel Herbert cherb1@eq.edu.au
Year 2 and Year 3 – Ms Nikki Spanner nspan2@eq.edu.au
Years 4, 5 and 6 – Mrs Sarah Cracknell scrac6@eq.edu.au

Important Dates

2019 Enrolment Information

News from the Payment Desk

Statements

Thank you to all families who are continuing to make payments promptly. Statements have be issued to families last Friday. If a negative amount appears on your statement, this is a credit on your account; so remember next time you receive an invoice, give the office a call and they will apply this to your account. Statements will be issue at the beginning of each term.

Office Procedure for Payment of Excursions

Three weeks after an excursion has taken place One School will produce a Credit Adjustment for those students who have not paid. This is a system generated document which will clear your students account for this excursion. If your student attended and payment has not been received, you will be emailed a new invoice for this particular excursion.

Please ensure you advise the office and teacher if your child will not be attending the excursion, this will save you receiving another invoice.

Prompt payment is of invoices will also ensure that additional invoices are not emailed to you, payment due dates are stated on the excursion letter which you receive the day before you are invoiced.

As a reminder, here is a list of upcoming events / payments that might be relevant to your family:

Paying your school invoices

All excursions and events require payment and a permission form to be returned by the due date or your child will not be permitted to attend.

Please note that payments can be made one of three ways:

1. Online using the BPOINT Payment Gateway
2. Phone banking via BPOINT IVR (1300 631 073)
3. Online using the QParent App or
4. In person at our Administration Office during office hours (8.00am-3.30pm)

Voluntary Financial Contributions

To enable our students to have the best resources available to them, we invite you to participate in the 2018 Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme.

Voluntary financial contributions are used by the school to provide an enhanced educational service and to diversify resources available for student learning, recreation and comfort such as:

• STEAM consumables
• Reprographics
• Arts and craft supplies
• First Aid materials

Contribution suggestions as follows:-

Payment method:

• in person at Admin office – by EFTPOS (no cash accepted)
• Directly into the school bank account (direct debit):-

Account Name: Gumdale State Primary School
BSB: 064-133
Account No.: 00090351
Ref eg: Smith3RVFC

Please remember to include your family name and child’s class if paying by direct debit (e.g.: Smith3RVFC), as this is required for accounting purposes. For any payment received, a receipt will be issued.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank those parents who have already chosen to contribute.

STEAM News

Year 1

Students have been learning all about light by investigating with light boxes, torches and a variety of transparent, translucent and opaque materials.

Year 4

Students are investigating catchments and the water cycle by modelling rain falling on a landscape using one of our garden beds and a watering can.

Year 6

Students put their engineering skills into practise by designing and building a marshmallow and tooth-pick tower that could withstand a jelly earthquake simulation.

STEAM Club Years 3-6

STEAM Club started this week in a rather ‘messy’ manner with a workshop from Brisbane City Council looking at our waste. Club members upended eating area bins to investigate what we throw away. With tongs in hand they sorted the rubbish. It was discovered we could recycle or compost most of our rubbish that is currently going to landfill!

And so our journey to a more sustainable Gumdale State School begins for 2018.

The STEAM Club for 2018 will have a Sustainability focus with a variety of projects pencilled in.

• Waste - recycling, compost and landfill bins in eating areas. Education campaign for students, teachers and families.
• Garden beds & Kitchen Garden – sponsored by IGA.
• Compost bin and worm farm design and construction

We meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11.15 – 11.40. Students are welcome to attend all 3 days, however if they can only make 1 or 2 that is fine too.

New members are always welcome!

STEAM Club Years 1-2

The STEAM Club for years 1 and 2 will focus on coding this term and meet every Thursday 11.15-11.40 in the STEAM room.

New members are always welcome!

Exciting events:

World Science Festival Brisbane – 21-25 March 2018

News from the Sports Desk

2018 Camps

This year there will be a change to our Year 4-6 Camp structure. This will allow three different settings and experiences for students in our Senior School. More information regarding camps will be made available as the camps draw closer. The camps will be as follows:

Year 4 – Sunshine Coast Recreation Centre, Currimundi (5-7 December 2018)
Year 5 – Emu Gully Leadership Camp, Helidon (21-23 November 2018)
Year 6 – Sydney and Canberra (22-26 July 2018)

Any questions - James Doherty jpdoh0@eq.edu.au

Metropolitan East Representative

A big congratulations to Ethan Brelsford who has been selected to represent Metropolitan East at the State Aquathlon trials in Hervey Bay this weekend. Best of luck at the trials!

Bayside District Sports 2018

*Dates are subject to change

Cross Country

The Gumdale State School Cross Country will be held on Thursday 29 March. Training will commence at school in the near future. Participating in Parkruns is also an excellent way to prepare for the school cross country. Local parkruns are available on a Saturday morning at 7am at Capalaba, Lota, Wynnum and Minnippi. These are a free 5km timed run. More information below

Bayside Swimming Trials

Yesterday, Gumdale State School had a record 13 competitors at the Bayside Swimming trials. Congratulations to Ben Spall, Maya Brodie, Morgan Maclean, Ruby Walker, Pippa Letnic, Sienna Smith, Ethan Brelsford, Maximus Clunes, Oliver Sheather, Ruby Hawkins, Joshua Walker, Kahma Tangi, Lucy Jolly-Perrett. Results of the day will be published in the next newsletter. Thanks to Sue Spall for your assistance during the carnival.

Prep Perceptual Motor Program

This week the Prep students have started their Perceptual Motor Program. Students will get two 20 minute sessions per week.

Sport Aerobics

Competition Aerobics Teams

Last week students from years 2-6 were able to audition for a Gumdale Sport Aerobics Competition team for 2018. We had a massive turn out with over 100 students auditioning.

There will be a Sport Aerobics Competition teams parent information night on Thursday 22 February from 5.30-6pm in the Resource Centre. This will be an important meeting for all parents whose children will be competing for Gumdale State School this year.

Development Squad

Gumdale State School Students who are not involved in the Competition teams will be able to have the opportunity to learn the skills and drills of aerobics through our Development program. Sport aerobics is a fun high pace dance routine that involves a combination of choreography, strength, flexibility and fitness!

This is open to students in years 2-6 who aren’t in a competition team. Training will be Wednesday 2nd break from 1.15-1.45pm in the hall from Week 5 onwards.

Keep Moving!

Student Council Ceremony

Cyber Safety Presentations

Last Friday, Bridget and Stephanie from the Cyber Safety team at Education Queensland visited Gumdale State School to deliver information sessions to students in our years 2 and 3 iPad classes, and all students in years 4, 5 and 6.

The main messages of the sessions were:

• being a positive digital citizen
• protecting personal information
• standing up for others online
• never speaking with strangers
• using privacy settings
• keeping passwords secret
• speaking up to an adult about online experiences.

If you would like further information on Cyber Safety, please visit:

Music Notes

The Music Room is alive and busy now that rehearsals are up and running. To keep updated with any news and information, please continue to check your emails, the School Newsletter, Gumdale Facebook Page and be sure to ask your children about their music lessons and rehearsals.

For other important concerns please see our staff list and contacts below:

Miss Lauren Slater (Mon, Tues & Wed) lslat29@eq.edu.au

• Prep, Year 1 & Year 2 Class Music
• Junior Choir (Years 1 & 2)
• Senior Choir (Years 5 & 6)

Mrs Nicole Lane (Thurs & Fri) nmlan0@eq.edu.au

• Year 3 & Year 4 Class Music
• Intermediate Choir (Years 3 & 4)

Mrs Vivienne Thomas (Mon, Tues & Thurs) vthom38@eq.edu.au

• Years 4, 5 & 6 Instrumental Music
• Beginner Concert Band (Year 4)
• Senior Concert Band (Years 5 & 6)

In Music Lessons This Week…

Our classes have dived into their units this term exploring new music concepts through listening, singing, reading, moving, playing, imagining and creating. We are proud of our Gumdale students for always giving their best in music.

Choir 2018

Thank you to our responsible students for turning up on time to your first choir rehearsals. It was great to see so many of you there with enthusiasm and smiles. For those of you who missed out, it is not too late to join choir, come along to the next rehearsal. To collect copies of song sheets you need to bring your choir folder to rehearsals.

“I don't sing because I'm happy. I'm happy because I sing” - William James

Choir Rehearsals

ALL choir rehearsals are held in the STEAM Music Room.

Instrumental Music 2018

Thanks to all our young musicians for turning up on time to lessons and rehearsals with all their equipment!

A few reminders:

• Continuing students have their lessons on Mondays and beginning students on Tuesdays or Thursdays,
• Senior Concert Band (Year 5’s & 6’s) Rehearsal are Monday mornings before school in the STEAM Music Room.
• Beginner Concert Band will not begin until after Beginner Band Week (June).
• Beginner Concert Band is for any student beginning their first year of the Instrumental Program.

Commitment to choirs and bands at Gumdale requires:

• attendance at weekly rehearsals
• being a responsible team member
• learning new music and home practice
• maintaining music folders and equipment
• participating in performances
• wearing correct performance uniform

IT Support

How to Back up an iPhone or iPad

Anyone who's ever lost precious data knows that making good backups of your data is essential. All computers encounter trouble sometimes and having a backup can be the difference between successfully recovering your files and losing days, months, or even years of data.

Backing up your iPad is just as important as backing up your desktop or laptop. There a many ways to backup an iPad, iPhone and iPod. The best option for you depends on your needs, but make sure you use at least one regularly.

Please click on the following link to view instructions on how to perform back ups.

Messenger, Facebook and iMessage

We request that between the hours of 8:30am and 3:00pm you restrict the following applications: Messenger, Facebook and iMessage. We do this for the safety and good management of the school and students because we are unable to monitor what comes in or goes out through messages. Any communication between home, school and/or the community should be via our office: 3902 8333. Use of iPads may be restricted if your child infringes this policy.

Some parents may choose to enable restrictions on their child’s iPad. To enable students to utilise their iPads at school we ask that restriction codes are provided to the school IT technician to enable the following:

• Wi-Fi profile installation
• Internet access
• Apps and camera access to the internet
• Access to File Saving
• Airdrop

Restriction Codes

Restriction codes will be held securely in the ICT department of the school by our IT Support person and will not be shared with your child or other staff members. This will enable our IT Support to address any iPad access issues for your child at school. If a restriction is removed, your child’s teacher will be notified and you will be emailed regarding the changes. Please email Kyla Evison (IT Support) kevis2@eq.edu.au with the following information:

1. Your Child’s Name and class
2. Restriction Code
3. Your email address

Please note: You do not have to provide this information.

On Entry to Prep: Early Start

We recognise that before starting school our students have already begun to learn about reading, writing and numbers through everyday experiences with their families and caregivers.

At the beginning and end of Prep, our school uses a resource callled “Early Start” to determine each students level of familiarity with a range of mathematical and literacy concepts and skills. We then use this information to plan programs that support each student’s learning needs.

Over the next few weeks Gumdale Prep students will complete a series of Early Start literacy tasks one-on-one with a teacher or teachers’ aide. While schools do not report on Early Start results, our teachers are able to provide parents with feedback.

Parents can access further information by discussing Early Start with their child’s teacher or by clicking on the following links:

P&C News

Easter Raffle

The P&C would like the support of the Gumdale community for the annual Easter Raffle.

If you are able to help, please send donations of Easter eggs, chocolates, baskets and ribbon to the school office and place in the donations box. These generous donations will then be made up into Easter basket prizes. Donations of goods need to be delivered to the school office by Friday 16 March.

Your child will be bringing home a book of raffle tickets to sell the week of Monday 19 February. Please return the sold ticket books and money with your child’s name and class to school by Friday 16 March. If you do not wish to purchase or sell any tickets, please return the tickets in a named envelope to school. If you wish to sell additional books of tickets, you can collect these from the school office. There will be a prize for the student who sells the most tickets and also a prize for the class that collectively sells the most tickets.

There will be a prize for the student who sells the most ticket books and also a prize for the class that collectively sells the most ticket books. These prizes will be announced and given out to the lucky winners on Monday 26 March.

Prizes will be randomly drawn on Sunday 25 March. Prizes will be delivered to the class room of the student who sold the winning ticket(s) on Monday 26 March.

School Disco

Save the Date! The P&C will be running a school disco in Term 1 on Friday 23 March in Hollis Hall. More information to come in the next edition of the Newsletter.

Online Ordering

The Tuckshop and Uniform Shop offer an online ordering service called Flexischools. Online ordering is convenient, provides you with 24/7 payment and ordering system that can be accessed from home, work or on a mobile device. You won't be fumbling around for coins in the morning or looking for a brown paper bag. You can also purchase uniform items when the shop's not open and our volunteers will deliver the items to your child's classroom. Flexischools registration is free and only takes a few minutes so get online via the link below:

Tuckshop News

We would like to take this opportunity to advise the school community that Flexischools is the only option available for ordering lunches from the Tuckshop. The bag system is no longer available due to a change in P&C policy and procedure.

Over the counter purchases for years' 1 - 6 students during breaks will still be available. Fruit, drinks and snacks can also be purchased over the counter before school.

Did you know you can set up a recurring order through Flexischools? When you place an order simple check the box at the end of the order to keep your order going every week.

Sushi

Friday's sushi orders need to be in by 11:00am on Thursday through Flexischools. Sushi orders cannot be cancelled once they are place as they are ordered specifically.

Tuckshop Volunteers

The tuckshop is always in need of volunteers. If you can spare anywhere from as little as 30mins up to a couple of hours, please don't hesitate to stop by or drop us a line.

Contact

If you need to contact the tuckshop for any reason, please do via one of our contact methods:

(please note – our emails are not checked in the mornings)

Phone: 3902 8304
Email: tuckshop@gumdalesspc.org.au

Stop by and see us anytime

Rachelle & Amanda
Tuckshop Convenors

Uniform Shop News

Mondays: 8:15am – 9:15am
Thursdays: 8:15am – 9:15am

Starting next week, our uniform shop hours will be as noted above. Any variations to the days and times will be published on the Gumdale State School P&C Facebook Page.

Some students have been preparing for the cooler weather and we currently don’t have stock in Size 4 and size 8 fleece hooded jumpers. We have ordered replacement stock and this is expected to arrive in the shop in 4-6 weeks time, just in time for Term 2.

Single use plastic bags will no longer be supplied in the Uniform Shop for over the counter purchases in line with Queensland’s total ban.

Donations of second hard uniform items which are in good condition are most welcome. A donations box has been placed outside the door of the Uniform Shop.

There is a small supply of second hand uniform items now available for purchase, prices as marked. Included in the items are some Prep hats if you’re looking to purchase a ‘spare’ hat for your child.

The last order of Senior Shirts has been made and these items will be in stock in late March and will be delivered to your child’s classroom.

Don’t forget we are located on Level 1 of Block A so drop by and see our friendly volunteers when the shop is open.

Contact

Phone: 3902 8335
Email: uniform@gumdalesspc.org.au
Orders: Online through Flexischools
Payment: cash and EFTPOS facilities

Shaunesy Pegg
P&C President
pandc@gumdaless.eq.edu.au

P&C Fundraising News

Thank You Fundraisers!

We wish to give a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has contributed to the success of the Fundraising team throughout 2017, enabling us to raise over $94,000 for the students of Gumdale State School. We cannot operate without the contributions of many. Thank you to volunteers, community members, sponsors, school staff, YMCA staff, and school administration. Your efforts certainly do not go unnoticed or unappreciated.

Gumdale Fashion Parade – Working Party – Thursday 1 March 2018, 7.30pm

Do you want to part of the team that puts together the very successful Fashion Parade each year? Planning for the 2018 event will begin very soon with the first working party meeting being held at the Wynnum Manly Workers Club on Thursday the 1st of March 2018, 7.30pm. No experience necessary, just come with a great attitude, amazing ideas and the ability to commit some volunteer hours - big or small! For more information just email fundraising@gumdalesspc.org.au

Volunteering in 2018

There is no success in fundraising without the hard work of volunteers. Volunteering is also a great way to be involved in your child’s school and meet other parents. Even if you can only spare an hour or two, here & there it would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to be added to our volunteer pool, please email fundraising@gumdalesspc.org.au and you will be notified via SignUp Genius when volunteering opportunities arise throughout the year.

Fundraising Sponsors

Volunteer of the Month sponsor Wynnum Manly Workers Club boast a family friendly atmosphere with something for all to enjoy. Want to enjoy your time at Wynnum Manly Workers Sports Club and not have to worry about getting home? The club offer a Complimentary Courtesy Bus Service to members, picking you up from your front door and returning you safely. Simply call 07 3390 6108 to make a booking.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Storage King Tingalpa for providing a storage solution for the P&C Fundraising Committee over the past couple of years. Your support has been invaluable and came at a time when it was much needed. We look forward to now having all the fundraising items at arm’s reach at the school.

Fundraising Calendar

Fundraising Programs

To stay up to date with all the Fundraising Events, follow us on social media:

• Facebook at Gumdale State School Fundraising
• Instagram at gumdale_ss_fundraisers
• Twitter at gss_fundraiser

Or contact us on fundraising@gumdalesspc.org.au

An Interesting Read…

Six skill sets that help kids succeed

Below, Michael Grose outlines six skill sets that contribute to a child’s sense of accomplishment and happiness.

When I was teaching, as I got to know to children at the start of the year, I was always on the lookout for factors others than academic ability. As a number of researchers have found, including Prof. Michael Bernard author of the You Can Do It Program, children need more than a penchant for learning to succeed at school.

There are a number of skill sets that contribute to children’s success over the long-term. They are skills that we neglect if we narrow our focus on numeracy, literacy, performing arts and other academic skill sets. They are also skill sets that can be taught, or at the very least drawn out, when we as adults know what to look for.

Following are six skill sets that contribute massively to overall student success and contentedness at school.

1. Friendship skills

The ability to get along with others is hugely important for children. How quickly children settle into a new school year will be determined as much by their ability to make new friends and fit into a peer group, as any other factor. Those children with a strong set of friendship skills have a definite set of skills that makes them easy to like, easy to relate to and easy to play with. These skills include the ability to win and lose well; how to approach others to join in a group and how to lead rather than boss. These are just three of 17 basic friendship skills that have been identified as being essential for making and keeping friends.

2. Organising skills

You can probably recall when you went to school a student who was really bright, but who let themselves down because they couldn’t organise themselves or others. The ability to organise your time, your space, your items and others is a massive plus for any student. Being organised extends beyond school, including at home and during leisure time. The best way to help children who are organisationally-challenged is to introduce them to systems and processes to help them organise themselves. These processes include the use of visual reminders; anchoring (i.e linking new behaviours to habitual behaviours) and mapping activities out.

3. Optimism skills

It may seem strange to see optimism as skill set, but as leading psychologist Prof. Martin Seligman discovered through his research, optimism can be taught. Seligman found that while some children are more inclined by nature to see a glass as half empty than half full, all children are capable of developing an optimistic explanatory style through exposure and direct teaching. The skills of optimism include being aware of self-talk, reframing negative events into positive effects and the practice of perspective-taking.

4. Coping skills

Kids will generally face a number of challenges during the course of their school lives including overcoming disappointment of missing being picked in a team; working their way through difficult learning situations and meeting with rejection. How stressful these situations will depend on their own spirit, the support they receive and their coping skills. The good news is that coping skills can be taught, or at the very least, encouraged, if adults know what to focus on. Coping strategies include parking problems for a while; normalising a situation and accepting and moving on. Some kids will use coping strategies quite naturally, while others need parental input to help them cope with seemingly minor challenges.

5. Relaxation skills

The ability to relax and get away from it all is vital for the maintenance of mental health, which in turn, impacts on a student’s ability to perform. Many of today’s kids live with pressure. That pressure needs to be released through relaxation and play, otherwise it just continues to build and it shows itself through anxiety and other mental illnesses. The ability to relax and unwind is paramount to your child’s school success. Ways to unwind include getting lost in a hobby; learning how to meditate and enjoying creative pursuits.

6. Relationship skills

Children at school are involved in hundreds of social interactions every day ranging from working cooperatively with a peer in class through to asking a teacher for help. Most of the interactions go well, but there are times when there will be conflict and tension. This is when children with a solid set of communication and relationship skills honed through a myriad of sibling interactions come to the fore. They don’t become flummoxed when a child won’t give them what they want, or a child tells tales to the teacher about them. Children that come from very small families (two children or less) often don’t have experiences of conflict to draw on so they need to be taught how to give way graciously; to stand up for themselves assertively rather than angrily and to see two sides to a story rather than take things personally. There are many skills we can teach our kids to help them maintain healthy relationships at school, as well as in their families.

These skill sets are part developmental and part environmental. That is, kids will naturally develop many skills as they mature. But also many of the skills need to be nurtured environmentally- that is, they need to be recognised, encouraged, taught and modelled by adults that children and teenagers respect and admire if children are to acquire them. That makes parents Very Important People in the acquisition process of these skill sets in children and young people.

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