No more Orange Wednesdays for EE customers
Today is the last day that EE mobile phone users can use an Orange Wednesday deal, letting them claim two cinema tickets for the price of one. EE announced last year that it was ending the popular...
View ArticleBasildon Sporting Village teams up with Badminton England
Fancy becoming the next badminton world champ or simply want to to try your hand at a new sport to keep fit? In a bid to get more people of all ages and abilities playing, Everyone Active – which...
View ArticleIs Joey Essex dating a girl called Reem?
Is this fate or just ridiculous? Famous for creating the catchphrase ‘Reem’, Joey Essex is now apparently going out with a girl called Reem! According to the Metro, the ex-TOWIE star met Reem Mesha, an...
View ArticleFacebook launches suicide prevention tool in the US
Facebook has launched a new tool in the US to help users who are worried about a friend’s risk of suicide. In the past users have posted about taking their own lives, on Facebook, but no action was...
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Here’s what you WON’T be wearing after London Fashion Week #LFW
ShinyShiny’s star columnist Lauren Bravo looks at some of the fashion disasters from this year’s London Fashion Week that definitely aren’t going to get you rushing to the shops! Fashion! Turn to the...
View ArticleDo teachers put girls off Maths and Science?
When it comes to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths) careers, women are still massively underrepresented compared to men. But new study suggests that this disparity could start as early...
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SD card that can hold up to 20 hours of full HD video – how awesome is that?
This week sees the annual mobile phone fest in Barcelona where most of the major phone manufacturers gather to announce new products, including Samsung with its new high end Android phones: the Galaxy...
View ArticleCharleston – Nothing but pure fun!
Basildon Academies student Holly Edwards looks at the history of the Charleston… Just by watching couples dance the Charleston, it wears you out! However, each step is performed with so much passion,...
View ArticleDermot O’Leary’s 24 hour ‘Danceathon’ for Comic Relief. Father Ted’s dancing...
It’s Comic Relief a week on Friday (March 13) which can mean only thing: celebrities doing crazy things to raise money for a good cause. One of the most crazy is X Factor host Dermot O’Leary – who...
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Ex West Ham FC’s Bobby Barnes and celeb designer Joey Bevan speak to Basildon...
Basildon Upper Academy played host to a careers event on Thursday, 5th March, where the students got the chance to hear how to get into many different industries from local business people, and famous...
View ArticleHow to get into child psychotherapy
As part of Basildon Upper Academy’s Careers Day on Thursday, child psychotherapist Bonnie Herivel spoke to the students about how she got to where she is today, and gave them advice on their future...
View Article10 things about the Solar Impulse-2 solar plane that you need to know
This morning saw a record-breaking attempt to go around the world in a solar powered plane get underway. The aircraft which is called the Solar Impulse-2 took from Abu Dhabi, heading east to Muscat in...
View ArticleBasildon Upper Academy has won the Basildon and Billericay District Senior...
Basildon Upper Academy’s football team has been working hard, and has managed to win the Basildon and Billericay District Senior Football League. Made up of Year 10 and 11s, and captained by Bayley...
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How to be an entrepreneur, according to Airedale Investments’ David Gilbert
As part of Basildon Upper Academy’s Careers Day on Thursday, director of Airedale PFS Investments David Gilbert spoke to the students about how he got to where he is today, and gave them advice on...
View ArticleComputers developed that replicate human brain!
Researchers are working on making computers based on the human brain. Scientists from the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton and the Centre for Disruptive Photonic...
View ArticleBasildon Academy wins the ICAEW BASE National Business and Accounting...
A team of Basildon Academy sixth formers have won the regional heat of the ICAEW BASE National Business and Accounting competition. The competition, which took place in Barking Technical Skills...
View ArticleBasildon Academy students had a Wicked time in the West End
On the 11th March 2015, Basildon Upper Academy Drama department took the school production cast members, as well as the year 10 GCSE Drama students, on a trip to the Apollo Victoria Theatre to see the...
View ArticleBasildon Academy students have been chosen to be in a Haven Holidays production
Five of Basildon Academy’s talented year 7 Drama students have been chosen to be part of Haven Holidays’ ensemble for The Fun Stars’ new production preview of Musikids. The students were auditioned and...
View ArticleBasildon Lower Academy students attended the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge
Four year 8 Basildon Lower Academy students attended the regional final of the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge last Tuesday 17th March; the youngest team out of all the 30 participating schools on...
View ArticleThree in five adults worried about what to do with kids during Easter holidays
With Easter holidays just around the corner a new survey shows that parents are under increasing pressure to keep their kids entertained. According to research on behalf of Sphero who make...
View ArticleOur Top Revision Tips
The sun is out, the birds are singing, exam season is looming and revision has begun. Well, revision *should* have begun. But don’t panic; to make the most of your time among the books, here are some...
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