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 [...]

My name is Sophie and I am a student at the Billericay School.   Situated in Basildon, Essex is Gloucester Park. Gloucester Park is home to many training facilities, including the brand new Sporting Village. The Basildon Sporting Village has been very popular, having around 60,000 visits in the past 50 days, plus an estimated [...]

By Zoë School reporter from Billericay High School, Essex I have chosen to report about the tickets for the Olympics and how quite a lot of people are not able to get the tickets that they want. I’m also reporting about the fact that they are giving tickets away to schools that sign up to the [...]

by Cameron Triathlon races include swimming, cycling and running, in that exact order. Events are for the Olympics and the men and women’s Triathlons will include a 1,500m swim, a 40kilometre bike ride and a 10kilometre run. More than half a million people stood in the Sydney streets to watch the first ever triathlon in [...]

by Calum The 2012 London Olympics will be an amazing event and a stepping stone in British history. It will bring people and athletes from all over the world to one place in England. The Olympics will be held in the Olympic park which is located in East London which used to be an industrial [...]

Thoughts on the 2012 Olympics and what people think about not getting their tickets that they wanted! Thousands of people who were allocated London 2012 tickets have had their cards declined and reallocated to others. There are many people upset and distressed. Mr Beckett said; “I’m very annoyed and unhappy that I have not been [...]

The object of the sport is simple: to shoot arrows as close to the centre of a target as possible. Olympic Archery targets are 122 centimetres in diameter, with the gold ring at the centre (worth a maximum 10 points) measuring just 12.2cm. Archers shoot at the target from a distance of 70 metres. At [...]

by Andie After all the tickets sold out, Billericay school find out about what really went on with the money payments and tickets being bought but not sent. People had to sign up for tickets then they could access  the ones they wanted but that didn’t go to plan as the London organising committee of [...]

By Tom Marsh This week a group of year 8 boys had the pleasure of taking part in a workshop with two time Commonwealth champion boxer Darran Langley and 2012 long jump hopeful JJ Jegede. The day included a motivational talk from Darren and JJ about how to be successful in athletics and in day-to-day [...]

The Reality behind South Africa’s Achievement   There is an old saying in life. ‘The world is a stage, and all the men and women are merely players’; as quoted by the famous playwright William Shakespeare. And with the World Cup finally on African soil for the first time in history, many have a right [...]