{"id":1663,"date":"2017-06-01T21:01:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T21:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2017-06-01T21:27:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T21:27:40","slug":"michael-officially-opens-the-new-beacon-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1663","title":{"rendered":"Michael Officially Opens The New Beacon Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael officially opened a new multi-purpose educational centre at The New Beacon preparatory school for boys on 26<sup>th<\/sup> May 2017.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1663 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1668'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_6484-e1496349906783-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1668\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1668'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael&#8217;s plaque on the new Centre\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1667'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Michael-holding-the-ribbon-together-for-a-photo-with-New-Beacon-Headmaster-e1496349964215-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1667\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1667'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael with Headmaster Piercy\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>He was invited to speak at the event by Headmaster Mike Piercy and was greeted by all the schoolboys and their parents outside the new Centre. Michael asked one of the boys from Reception to join him in cutting the ribbon and officially opening the new building.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was then given a tour of the Centre, where the Headmaster revealed the results of an election poll he had taken with the schoolboys that put Michael and the Conservatives in the lead. This was followed by an hour-long Q&amp;A session with the senior boys inside. Among many questions, the boys asked about Michael\u2019s motivations to become an MP and his views on defence.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1663 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1669'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_6506-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1669\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1669'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael&#8217;s first steps inside the new building\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1664'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Michael-answering-questions-from-senior-boys-inside-the-new-Centre-at-New-Beacon-e1496350587425-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1664\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1664'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael answering a boy&#8217;s question\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1665'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Michael-answering-questions-from-the-senior-boys-in-the-new-Centre-at-New-Beacon-e1496350555255-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1665\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1665'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael speaking with the boys\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Michael said: \u2018This is about you, the schoolboys, and the future generations. I\u2019ve always supported this high-achieving prep-school and believe this new Centre will itself become a new beacon for other schools in our area to use.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael officially opened a new multi-purpose educational centre at The New Beacon preparatory school for boys on 26th May 2017. He was invited to speak at the event by Headmaster Mike Piercy and was greeted by all the schoolboys and their parents outside the new Centre. Michael asked one of the boys from Reception to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1663\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michael Officially Opens The New Beacon Centre&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[542,54,121,497,544,540,531,541,543,440,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663\/revisions\/1671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}