Billericay School – SpeakUp!

How to hate yourself no more If any of you who are or are not reading this remember, a while ago, I wrote a post here called “how to hate yourself”. This caused a few questions to be raised, and actually some laughter. That’s all very well when you do hate yourself, but it’s just [...]

The NHS reforms proposed by the Conservatives will “give the NHS a stronger future” says the Health Secretary. But Nick Clegg after the AV and local elections results says he will no longer support his collation partner unless there are major reforms to the bill.  It is thought that Clegg This led to Labour kick-starting a debate [...]

The Carbon Trust Standard is a programme set up to make sure that Britain reduces its Carbon footprint by monitoring businesses’ carbon emissions and how they reduce them. Companies who successfully prove that they reduce their footprint are awarded with the Carbon Trust Standard. There are now over 500 business that are part of the [...]

<iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/21477574″ width=”400″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″></iframe><p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/21477574″>Kingswood Gifted and Talented Trip</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user1773231″>BillericaySchool</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> A group of gifted and talented students from The Billericay School went to an activity centre called Kingswood which is in Overstrand in Norfolk. They went there on the Wednesday-Friday. The students went as an enrichment trip. They went [...]

The Foundation to a Beautiful Complexion Superstay 24 hour Foundation is the new release from American brand Maybelline which claims not only to last 24 hours but to also withstand heat, sweat and humidity! After needing a new foundation I decided to purchase the new foundation based on my previous use of Maybelline foundations and [...]

Hello Everyone :) Every week I will be giving you, as the readers of Speak Up, an overview of the week’s events from across the world. So sit back and enjoy as we look at the good, the bad and the simply bizarre stories of the last seven days. And remember, make sure you put your [...]

A more controversial presentation was in store for the Year 12 students as an Animal Aid promoter came to talk to us about animal cruelty. As we took our seats, a shocking and disturbing video was shown to us demonstrating some the disgusting behaviour of a “modern society” towards animals. However, don’t think it’s just [...]

For everyone that didn’t have to sit and listen to our latest general studies speaker whilst dreaming about a lovely bacon sandwich for break,  year 12 recently received a talk concerning animal rights and vegan-ism. Firstly, in case you didn’t know,  if you eat meat it’ll go into your bloodstream and clog your heart up [...]

Coconut water. Is it just a new wave of energy drink, just a phase? Or is it a new health and beauty miracle product-soon to be deemed part of the ‘super food’ category? How can something so cheap and easy to find, be something so beneficial for you-full of all these wonderful benefits and health [...]

By Alex Brown People with Asperger Syndrome are often described, as having social skills deficits, reluctance to listen, difficulty understanding social give and take, and other core characteristics. If this sounds like the typical teenager I don’t blame you; however there is a lot more to it as it is typically quite misunderstood in our [...]