Billericay School – SpeakUp!

On Tuesday 22nd March 2011, there was an inspirational women’s conference at civic theatre in Chelmsford. It was arranged by Mrs Berry (the assistant head at the Billericay school) and 6th form girls because they are doing a project about role models and people that inspire them. They arranged four visitors to come and inspire [...]

Guys, you wonder why the hell we hate you from time to time. You wonder why we spend so much on clothes and have so little interest in football. You always ask what women want. Well, here’s our answer. Well, sort of. This is a stereotypical girl’s life, filled with bubbles, beauty and everything ‘girlie’. [...]

The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Dear Friend, I’ve met the most wonderful chap he’s funny, slightly blunt at times and as cute as a button unfortunately he’s fictional.  Charlie is a young teenage boy and main character in Stephen Chobsky’s novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” who finds comfort in [...]

    A Christmas Favourite There once was a time when it was normal to curl up with a book during the Christmas holidays, possibly accompanied with some leftover Christmas pudding or so. Now, I’m not sure whether the time of peaceful reading has truly ended or not, but it’s a bit of a tradition [...]

Three days ago I rushed to the shops to buy some Aloe Vera for my sunburn; today I hurried to the same store, only this time it was to fill my trolley with emergency supplies for the floods about to hit Brisbane. As some of you may have seen on the news, Queensland has been [...]

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 [...]

It’s a crisp late November evening; you hear a slight jingle coming from the buzz of your TV. You hear.. “Holidays are coming Holidays are coming Holidays are coming Holidays are coming Holidays are coming Holidays are coming T’is the season Watch out Look around Something’s coming Coming to town (Coming to your town) Doo [...]

Yes, Christmas. It is just around the corner now. What with all the adverts for Delia’s Christmas pudding and the huge reindeer lights on roofs it is no surprise that this will be a good Christmas. However nowadays we don’t care about the meanings about Christmas or the “joy to the world”. All we care [...]

Well for most of us, it’s probably the most we’ve ever done politically: Going up to London for a good ol’ moan. It was a few weeks ago now, but I remember it well. Let Mr. Gill tell you a story. A story of endurance, struggle, and chanting rude songs. It was a cold morning, [...]

Those Christmas Day memories as a child are some to remember well. When we were much younger we always exploded with excitement and joy as Father Christmas prepared for his long journey on behalf of all the children around the world. But one specific aspect I remember about Christmas Day was the order of opening [...]