Billericay School – SpeakUp!

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 [...]

By Billericay School reporter Olympics inspire another generation. Since the 2012 Olympic Games were held in London people have got more involved in sports. Figures released by sports England show that there is an increase of 500more people participate in sports. Here in Miss Lodges class 20 out of 22 people play sports including Football, [...]

By Brandon With Lee Valley venue being just 20 miles (30km) from the Olympic Park in Stratford. It is ideal with its two brand new, purpose built courses. These include the 5.5m high 300m long Olympic Standard Competition Course which will host the exciting canoe slalom events. Lee Valley White Water Centre is the only [...]

On May 12, we visited Stratford to see what the Olympic site was like and interview members of the community. Everyone in Stratford says that the Olympics are good for the town and will bring good publicity to the area. One man we interviewed told us, “I think that the Olympic site is pretty good for the money [...]

1  There will be 7.7 million Olympic 2012 tickets available. 2  The height of the Olympic stadium is 53 metres, which is 3 metres taller than Nelson’s Column. 3  A large number of newts have been relocated from the Olympic park to the Waterworks nature reserve. 4  There are 205 different nations competing in the [...]

12 students from The Billericay School travelled to Stratford Circus to seek out the opinions of the public regarding what they thought about the Olympics being housed there. Most people did not like the fact that people were being moved out from their houses, and several were unaware of this. People are not just being [...]

The Olympic park will be the focus of attention during the 2012 Olympic games. Olympic organisers are working hard to minimise the disruption on the local community while working towards the completion of the park, as well as keeping them informed on its progress. The organisers are very keen to encourage the local community to [...]