Billericay School – SpeakUp!

Brave, determined, strong: these are three words I would use to describe Leo Barker. He carried on chasing his Olympic dreams, even after he was informed of developing testicular cancer. He is a true hero to inspire other people suffering from the same illness. 34 year old Leo Barker had dreams of becoming an Olympic [...]

A member of the public has said that Luis Suarez has claimed that he would like to leave Liverpool and go to play for a team in the Champions League. He has already scored 29 goals in all completions this season. Liverpool fans want him to stay at the club as he is there best [...]

Leo is a decathlete as he broke the British long jump and 110m sprint and his time was 0.7 seconds. He was born on the 26th of December 1978. He started Athletics when he was 7 years old . he’s dream when he was a kid was to be a rock star and his favourite sport [...]

  After famous Olympian, Oscar Pistorious, shot his girlfriend on Valentines Day. TLC has announced that they will be airing a documentary about the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. The hour-long programme has been airing in the UK under the name of “Oscar Pistorious”-What really happened.” The programme will include never seen before footage. Since he [...]

  We are here with Richard, who currently plays for Leyton Orient is now here to tell us what it was like for him in his football carrier.   His local team was Hannikins farm, by year 9 he was already scouted by Leyton Orient under 15s. However he declined that offer to continue his [...]

Will Josh, a boy from The Billericay School, make it in to the junior Olympics for trampolining because in 2012 he got a gold medal in the junior event? Josh trains for trampolining two hours a day which is impressive. He started when he was ten after he had finished gymnastics. Come on josh you can [...]

The UK has the biggest rise in the amount of waste recycled compared to the rest of Europe. Recycling in the UK has risen by 26.5%. In 2001 only 12% of the UK’s waste was recycled. Now it has risen to 39%. Though this is the biggest increase, the UK is recycling about the same [...]

Richard is a ten star football player, who plays at The Billericay Club. He always wanted to play and be a footballer at a young age. At the age of 14, he played at Hannakins Football Club in Year 9. Richard had a tough decision over football and education in the end he got a [...]

  BBC Radio Report

By Billericay School Reporter Billericay student Josh began his career at the age of 10, finding himself more recently included in the youth Olympics. Josh, who trampolines, competed in the youth Olympics in Sydney for trampolining. He had to travel all the way to Australia to participate in the youth Olympics. Due to his talent [...]