Tributes paid to 'wonderful' Sudbury primary school teacher

Tributes have been paid to a "wonderful teacher" who will "live on in all those she taught". Becky Munnings died after being taken ill on Sunday. She had been on life support after reportedly suffering a brain injury. Tudor Church of England Primary School, in Sudbury, Suffolk, where she taught Years 1 and 2, was closed on Monday. Head teacher Elizabeth Campbell said her colleague had been "a loved member of our community". "She was a wonderful teacher who touched the lives of all she taught," said a statement from the head. "As one of our school community wrote yesterday: 'Mrs Munnings was the teacher every parent could've wished for their children, full of smiles, warmth and kindness. Tudor won't be the same without her'. "She will be greatly missed but we know that she will live on in all those she taught. Forever remembered, forever loved by our school community." Parents were told the teacher was "critically ill" when the head sent them a message on Sunday evening to say the school would be shut the next day. On Monday, in a second message seen by the BBC, she told them the beloved teacher had suffered an "unsurvivable brain injury". Children returned to school, which has abou

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