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 7th 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
