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The Greneway Middle School is a middle school located in Royston, Hertfordshire, England. It is an academy, and has approximately 444 registered students.〔 ==History== The Greneway Middle School first opened to pupils on 9 September 1969 following Hertfordshire County Council’s introduction of a three-tier system of first, middle and upper schools. The opening ceremony was performed on 3 July 1970 by Royston’s then MP, Shirley Williams, who was later appointed Secretary of State for Education. The school building had previously housed the Royston Secondary School (for pupils aged 11 to 16 years old) since 1954, when it was first built. The school’s name is a reference to the 'Grene Highway' that at one time linked Royston and the surrounding villages. In 2007, the school installed the Hexagon, a wooden shelter designed to provide pupils with somewhere peaceful and quiet to go at break times. A spokesperson for the school said, "The children are really enjoying the Hexagon. They can use it for reading or as somewhere quiet to go at break times. It is a good shelter if the pupils are outside at break in the winter and it will be lovely in the summer." The school’s fund-raising association, Friends of Greneway School (FoGs), gave £4,000 towards the structure’s building costs. The school runs an active listener programme which trains pupils, mainly from Year 6, in how to counsel their peers at the school if they are experiencing bullying, are dealing with emotional issues or have other worries at school. Pupils who have undergone training wear a special ‘Peer Mentor’ badge so that pupils with concerns can identify them. In October 2007, the school’s active listener co-ordinator said, "We've been running this programme for several years and it's been very successful. () Since the active listening scheme started we've put a stop to several cases of bullying. The children are taught their limits, and they know that if they discover anything serious which is going on that they must come straight to me or another member of staff." She added, "As well as being available to their fellow pupils when needed, the active listeners take it in turns to run a drop-in centre every Tuesday. It gives them responsibility and we hope it makes the school a better place for everybody". In November 2011, Greneway Middle School joined with Royston’s other middle school, Roysia, and the town’s upper school the Meridian School to form the Royston Schools Academy Trust, Hertfordshire’s first multi-school academy. The move gained the new body additional funding and greater freedom from the control of Hertfordshire County Council, allowing greater flexibility in terms of its members’ curriculums. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greneway Middle School, Royston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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