Billericay School – SpeakUp!

by Katie Dawtry “We’re going to scream and shout today.” Sounded good to me. The school bell hadn’t quite rung yet, the satisfaction of having lunch was wearing off and I wasn’t yet allowed to go home. Indeed, some screaming and shouting sounded rather satisfying at that moment in time. With a cry of “Yes! [...]

by Katie Dawtry What shall I do with my life? A question that has undoubtedly throbbed in the backs of most minds at some point in time. A question that perhaps pleads for the most attention in our youth, when the path of life seems long and uncertain. A question that, according to the wonderful [...]

by Katie Dawtry In January, the mum’s came to school.  No one had been misbehaving; though one may have thought as much owing to the amount of mothers marching through the school gates. In this session, the girls got an education like no other. However, it wasn’t from the teachers at the school, but bodies [...]

by Katie Dawtry After much planning, the project’s first session took place this December. In the Ivory Rooms, Billericay, we began the project by looking at the big picture: how are women perceived and portrayed in society? Copies of ‘Closer’ and ‘Look’ littered the white linen tables, with their gaudy colours and somewhat ghastly celebrity [...]

by Katie Dawtry What sort of women are making up our media? When we look around, it is the rulers of reality television, the provocatively dressed performers of the music industry and those with no merit other than being married to someone with money in their pocket. Where are the real women, the real role [...]

Schools and police are warning parents about how Facebook can affect their property. Increasing rates of house parties advertised on Facebook has resulted in houses getting seriously damaged by hundreds of teenagers. Police are asking that parents do not leave unreliable sons or daughters at home on a Friday or Saturday night; police are also [...]

By James Ainsbury, Jed Bullman, Ricki John   On his opening night at the O2 Arena, Greenwich London, teen heartthrob Justin Bieber had the audacity to arrive 2 hours late to the gig, leaving all of his committed ‘Beliebers’ at a loose end and causing controversy not just in the arena, but in the whole [...]

By Chloe Wilson and Lucy Ward London Fashion week was held at Somerset House from 15th-19th February 2013. The catwalks included works from the likes of  Vivienne Westwood, Henry Holland, Paul Smith, Felder Felder and Rihanna Fenty’s debut collection for River Island.   New trends forming from the River Island collection  included bright colours matched [...]

Lately there have been many issues in the press and on the news globally about superstores selling false meat. You think that you are having an enjoyable burger and chips, when in fact you were most probably eating horse meat too! More than 6,000 tests for horsemeat have been carried out by British retailers. The [...]

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