Partial closure letter

Please log on to ParentPay by the end of Sunday (11th January) to confirm your ability to collect your child at 12pm on the 20th January.

Thank you for your support.

Parents and Carers of children attending Young Voices on the 7th January/Wednesday:

Mrs Green led our school choir for 20+ years and attended every Young Voices concert since it started… we are doing this to make her proud.  We will be providing the children with a green ribbon to wear on their t shirt (as suggested supportively by parents) to show our respect to Mrs Green: we will also send some home with your children if you are in the audience and would like to wear one.

It was also suggested children could bring their NJSFest bucket hats!  They are green and bright and will help you to spot us.  Please send this in with your child if you have theirs or can borrow one, we will try to have some spares too.

On the day….

• Children to attend for school in uniform.
• Children can have a school meal for lunch or need to bring a packed lunch.
• Children will be given their white Young Voices t shirt before we leave school to wear for the event.
• Children to have their NJSFest bucket hat with them if they can.
• We will be leaving school at 12.15pm.
• Please can children bring a bag containing their school things for the morning to leave in school and a bag to take to the arena with their packed tea, water and coat in. We don’t want to be carrying around too many bags!
• ALL children MUST bring a packed tea to eat at the BP Pulse Arena.  Please also pack them plenty of water to last the afternoon and evening.
• If you are in the audience for the event NJS will have our banner with us and we will be waving green flags!
• The concert will be taking place 7pm-8.45pm.  Please ensure you have indicated on ParentPay whether you will be collecting your child from the collection point at the arena or from school at 10pm.  If you are collecting your child at 10pm please be prompt.

Any queries please contact Mrs Moody or Mrs Wheat.

Huge thanks to Mrs Moody, Mrs Wheat, Mrs Stanley and Mrs Henderson who will be accompanying the choir for this visit.

We hope you have had a lovely break with family and friends.

We are looking forward to seeing the children back in school tomorrow.

The forecast this week is cold and snow showers will potentially continue: please send your child to school with their winter coat, gloves and hat as we will go out to play when possible.

You may wish to consider sending your child to school in old shoes/wellies/walking boots if there is snow underfoot.  Please have their school shoes in their school bag to change into.

Parents and Carers of NJS

I hope you are well and had a lovely Christmas.

I am so very sad to be contacting you over the school holidays with the news that following a short period of ill health Mrs Green died yesterday.

The thoughts and prayers of our school family are with Mrs Green’s loved ones; we have been offering our support and will continue to do so.

The staff are understandably devastated: none of us have worked a day at NJS without Mrs Green, she has worked at school for 40 years and made a difference to generations of Newport families through her work at school, in Guiding (I myself was one of her first Rainbows!) and through the church.  Colleagues you work with over so, so many years aren’t just people you work with: they become your friends and our friendship with Mrs Green was so valued.  Please do look after our staff on our return to work in the new year: it will inevitably feel very difficult.

Your children will have special memories of Mrs Green at NJS through her role leading elements of worship, our school choir, drama group and organising our annual London residential visit.  The school choir have their Young Voices concert on the 7^th January: we will be doing this for Mrs Green, with pride.  Her enthusiasm for school life over so many years should be celebrated, her legacy at NJS will be marked in the coming weeks and months.

Please support your children with this news: your children will potentially have previous experiences of loss or this may be their first encounter.  The advice for informing children is to be open with them, offer them time to talk and ask questions if they wish but with no pressure to do so.  On our return to school we will ensure all the children are aware of the news in a classroom based conversation.  Everyone manages grief differently depending on prior experiences of grief and of course the amount of connection they will have had with Mrs Green, and we will respect this: support will be available to individual children/small groups should it be required, if your teacher feels any support is needed they would discuss this with you first.  If you feel your child would benefit from further support or you need anything do contact me (Nicola.moody@taw.org.uk) as I will monitor my emails over the coming days.

My thoughts are with you all at this sad time for our NJS family.

Take care all

Mrs M

Autumn Newsletter 15 (19/12/25) Notification

Please find a link to this weeks newsletter

https://newportjuniorschool.org.uk/newsletters/autumn-newsletter-15-19-12-25/

Why do reindeers have bells?

Because their horns don’t work!

Mr M x

A huge thank you to the PTA for organising an afternoon of Christmas themed games. The children had a great time.

Merry Christmas to everyone.