Billericay School – SpeakUp!

The ten week old pooch was handed in to a dog charity after being abandoned. Carers at the Leeds Dogs Trust are trying to help Wonky walk by giving her treatment to straighten her legs.

Lately in Israel Locust has been swarming around everywhere. This has caused a lot of corruption in farms and is thought of as a crisis. However now there is a new approach o n Locust pest control-eating them! The founder of this ludicrous idea was Chef Mosse Basson. He also owns his own restaurant, and [...]

By Billericay School Reporter When Leo Barker was diagnosed with cancer in 2008 he didn’t know if he was able to make his Olympic dream.  One of our journalists asked him what gave you that extra push.  To which he replied ‘when you start wanting your goal you won’t stop.  All true inspiration to us [...]

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 [...]

* The most important source of energy is Carbohydrates. Make sure you start your day with toast or cereal.  * Make sure you only consume wholemeal/brown starches, as they contain more fibre, vitamins and minerals in comparison white varieties. * Eat white meat, beans, eggs and fish as they contain a good source of protein. [...]

by Mitchell Saitch and Beth Cornell Mental health is the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioural adjustment. Different types of mental health: Depression – low mood, hopelessness, loss of energy Anxiety disorders – sense of worry, panic, dread on a level that has a negative impact [...]

The topic of titties and testicles is often a ‘taboob’ topic however it is not one to shy away from seeing as we are all blessed with one of the two. There is a serious side to our private parts, which must be touched upon (no pun intended). Not all lumps are bad news ladies, [...]

by Harley Chapman At this age, hormones and sexual activities are at all time high… But so are STI’s. The main fear at this age is pregnancy, not the various infectious sexual diseases passed around by unprotected sex. “I’ll pull out” “I don’t like wearing condoms” “I don’t have a condom on me” “I’ll take [...]

No? Well what makes piglets different?           Xenotransplantation is the removal of an animal organ to replace the organ of a human. Without details I suppose it would be hard to decide whether or not this is ethically right, it depends on whose ethics are being referred to. After all, hasn’t [...]

Olympic Rings from BillericaySchool on Vimeo. On July 6th 2012 the actual Olympic torch travels through nearby Basildon on the way to Hylands Park in Chelmsford. We are using the day as a celebration of the Olympics and organised several activities throughout the school. July 6th is a non school uniform day and we asked [...]