{"id":56995,"date":"2016-03-17T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T10:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/?p=56995"},"modified":"2016-03-17T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T10:05:22","slug":"first-minister-opens-new-campus-bryncethin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/2016\/03\/first-minister-opens-new-campus-bryncethin\/","title":{"rendered":"First Minister Opens New Campus in Bryncethin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Right Honourable Carwyn Jones, First Minister for Wales has officially opened the Bridgend Campus for Ysgol Bryn Castell and Bridge Alternative Provision at a ceremony on March 11th 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Cox-Wall, Teacher in Charge at The Bridge Alternative Provision was delighted to welcome The First Minister, The Mayor of Bridgend and other honoured guests to the new Bryncethin campus. She commented \u2018It is a great honour to welcome the First Minister to The Bridge, the facilities at the new campus are outstanding and will facilitate the development of our curriculum and engagement of pupils with a wide range of needs\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The campus opening ceremony was attended by guests from the school community, including New Directions Education\u2019s Branch Manager Jon Evans and Account Manager Sarah Partington. John said of the event \u2018Having the opportunity to be involved in such a prestigious event was fantastic. Seeing the students\u2019 performance in front of the audience was really inspiring\u2019.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-56995 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='https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/2016\/03\/first-minister-opens-new-campus-bryncethin\/photo1-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/photo1-1-350x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-56998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/photo1-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/photo1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/photo1-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-56998'>\n\t\t\t\tBranch Manager Jon Evans meets First Minister Carwyn Jones\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/2016\/03\/first-minister-opens-new-campus-bryncethin\/photo2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/photo2-1-350x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-56999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/photo2-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/photo2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/photo2-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-56999'>\n\t\t\t\tThe official plaque celebrating the new campus\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Right Honourable Carwyn Jones, First Minister for Wales has officially opened the Bridgend Campus for Ysgol Bryn Castell and Bridge Alternative [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":56997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiff-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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