Billericay School – SpeakUp!

By Jack Gymnastics is one of my favourite sports as I used to do it a few years ago for about 1 year and a bit. I used to go to south Essex Gymnastic club. There are going to be 98 men and women doing the gymnastics next year. They will be doing 3 different [...]

by Hollie Urban Edge is a dance school run by Katie Carroll. Founded in 2008 there are about 100 members’ altogether. There are 3 categories and children are divided by age. Ages 4-8, ages 9-11 and ages 11- 17. The classes run from 4:30 to 6:45 and in that time the children will do street [...]

Hey, I’m Sarah. I am a student in year 8 at the Billericay School. For the past 10 years, I have been dancing at `The Billericay Dance Centre` and I still do. Here I do, Jazz, ballet, and Tap. At my dance school we teach girls and boys from the ages of 3 up to [...]

by Harry Every Tuesday there is a badminton club. In each lesson you train for 1 hour and then for the last half an hour you play games, you play about 4 or 5 up to 21 points. I asked one of the students how he finds the badminton here. He said “I really enjoy [...]

Do you remember the day?   The day I am referring to is the day when you first came to ‘The Billericay School’ as small (well mostly small) and innocent year seven students. The school seemed like an endless maze of uncertainty, rules and added work. Even the mere sight of Mr Macbeth was enough to [...]

Being human, it is natural to remember some of the key moments within our individual lives. Some examples include your first date, Christmas as a child and finally being able to ride a bike. But whether you liked it or loathed it, the first day of secondary school was always, and always will be, a [...]

Do YOU attend any clubs, in or outside of school? If so, we want your opinions and ideas, whether it be athletics, book club or any other club around. At ‘The Billericay School’ we strongly feel clubs and activities are an important part of the structure of a positive community and also help people to [...]

It’s hard not to notice that books have decreased in popularity as the rise of video games and television conquer every household today. Upon reading an article in The Guardian (the link is http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/27/lucy-mangan-how-to-make-reading-cool, if you so wish to read it aswell), I couldn’t help but admit that in 60 years time a ‘book’ for students [...]