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COMPETITION TIME

WIN !

WIN !

The Canal Toys Photo Creator Instant Print costs £ 34.99 from Smyths , Argos and Amazon

The summer is over ( wahhh !) and it ’ s time for lots of you to head back to school ! Our friends at Canal Toys have made the transition back to reality a little easier by giving us a super fun gadget for one of you amateur photographers to win – it ’ s a rather awesome Instant Pocket Printer – a compact , no-ink , thermal marvel ! This cool bit of kit uses thermal technology to produce vibrant prints of your photos , directly from your device . It even comes with a companion app , enabling users to enjoy AI-generated prints or to add special effects to your images .

To be in with a chance of winning one , all you need to do is answer this question :

How many years did it take for ocean explorers to find the wreck of the Titanic ?

A 73 years B 75 years C 100 years

Send your entries to : competitions @ aquila . co . uk Be sure to write Pocket Printer in the subject heading and please include your postcode or subscription number . * This competition is open to UK AQUILA subscribers only . ** Class entries are accepted if the school subscribes . By entering the competition , the successful winner agrees for their contact details to be shared with the company supplying the prize . Unsuccessful entrants ’ details will not be shared outside of AQUILA . Closing date : Monday 14 October 2024

SAM THE PET SPIDER

I know everybody says this but I LOVE AQUILA !!!!!!!! ( I had to limit myself to eight exclamation marks there ) Anyway , please , please , PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE can you do another issue on cats . I am sure my fellow AQUILAnauts agree with me , 9 / 14 of our mags have at least one letter asking for a cats issue . Cats are amazing , mysterious creatures . Did you know that all cats are on the autism spectrum ? A bit about me : I live in Australia , I have a pet spider named Sam , I love to read and tap dance , I am actually quite good at tap dance . My favourite issues are Festivals & Folklore ( July / August 2023 ) and the Feel Good Issue ( February 2024 ).

From Roxy , age 11 P . S . I love all the AQUILA traditions

P . P . S . Please also do an issue on books P . P . P . S . Or a dance issue

P . P . P . P . S . My book recommendations are : ‘ Skandar and the Unicorn Thief ’ by A . F .

Steadman and Amari and the Night Brothers by

HAVE YOUR SAY !

B . B . Alston

AQUILAnauts , we need you !

We ’ ve got a whole heap of questions that need answering and you ’ re just the people to do it !

Do you hanker for more Harvey ? Are you pining for more Polly ? What comes once in a minute , twice in a moment , but never in a thousand years ? Seriously , can someone tell me ?

* temporarily , like

I think you ’ re going to like the January 2025 issue !

Follow this QR code or the online link : http :// tinyurl . com / 7b5bwz7w for AQUILA ’ s survey and disappear into an AQUILAverse of questions !*

YOUR SAY

ONLINE SURVEY

SCAN ME

* and please get permission from your parent or guardian first

BRILLIANT ADVICE

I know everyone says this ( and this ) ( and this ) ( and this ) ( and this ) ( and sometimes even this ) ( and occasionally this ) ( and possibly this ) ( but no one ’ s said this yet !) but I LOVE AQUILA ! I started reading AQUILA a while ago ( 2021 I think …). My first issue was Ancient Egypt ( April 2021 ) and it was what got me into AQUILA . Big thanks to my granny and grandad who pay for my subscription ! Anyway , a bit about me : I love to read and write stories , I have an adorable ginger cat called Clarence , I love Taylor Swift and Star Wars ! ( May the force be with you all !) I am in year 7 . My fave issues have been : Manga ( May 2023 ), Chocolate ( Feb 2022 ), Winter Wild ( December 2022 ) and Spies & Sleuths ( October 2023 ). Oh , before I forget , Isla from the Megamaths issue ( May 2024 ) asked for advice on going to secondary school – everyone will be nervous , some probably even more than you ( I know that can be hard to imagine ) but the teachers and everyone there will help you . Very soon , secondary school will seem totally normal ( kinda hard to comprehend but trust me , it will !!) Top Tip for making friends : most people are nervous as well , they just need someone to make the first move . Starting secondary school is amazing for making friends , just go up to people ! ( I know I ’ ve probably not said anything people haven ’ t said before but it ’ s good advice !)

From Maisie , age 12 P . S . No AQUILA letter is complete without at least a thousand P . Ss P . P . S . Couple of shoutouts before I go

P . P . P . S . My friend Sophie who also reads AQUILA ( annoyingly for longer than me !) P . P . P . P . S . Elspeth ( Giants issue , April 2023 ), your story ‘ The Red Herring ’ was so good and I loved discovering it at the back of the mag ! P . P . P . P . P . S . You can tell I ’ ve been meaning to write for a while P . P . P . P . P . P . S . OK , this is getting very long

P . P . P . P . P . P . P . S . I ’ m gonna go now P . P . P . P . P . P . P . P . S . One more

P . P . P . P . P . P . P . P . P . S . OK , bye !!!!!

MAX ’ S BRILLO BENTO

Hello ! I really liked making a Bento box from the

Manga issue ( May 2023 ), and my favourite part was eating it all afterwards ! I love playing guitar and football in my spare time , as well as reading AQUILA ( obvs ).

PUZZLE CORNER

SHIP SHAPE ! You ’ ve designed a new ship – the Titanic 2.0 ! Erm , sure you want to call it that ? Well , OK then . Weirdly , ticket sales have been slow . Now you need to come up with the perfect slogan to get people on board ( ON BOARD , geddit ?).

From Max , age 10 P . S . Look , I know everyone says it , but I love your mags P . P . S . I have two cats called Juniper and Amber P . P . P . S . Could you please make an issue about cats , or string instruments ?

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