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Hi AQUILA! I know you’ve heard this before
but your magazines are unbelievably good!
I live in Scotland, by Edinburgh. I’m a
Huffl eclaw (Huffl epuff and Ravenclaw). If
you could do an issue on Harry Potter my
life would be the best imaginable. I know
what each team member can do: Polly – A
pop-up Hogwarts; Aquila – history of magic;
Pepe – Magical creatures; Astra – Astronomy;
Kit – Quidditch; Harvey – Magical science;
E.B.- Hogwarts environment; Calculata
– Arithmancy and Wordworm – Magical
textbooks.
Some responses: Erica H (Oct 2016) I love
reading! I agree with Aurora (Dec 2016) for
an issue on climate change. Morgan-Louise
(Jan 2017) I’m part Ravenclaw. My favourite
author is J. K. Rowling. Questions: Does
anyone attend Scottish Prep School? Does
anyone love biology? Below is a drawing of
Huffl eclaw common room.
Yours sincerely, Archie Dayn, age 9½
Drum roll please… the wait is fi nally over…
Get ready to board your broomsticks
because the AQUILA Harry Potter issue will
be fl ying your way in June!
I really enjoy your magazine. Every day
at breakfast I pick up AQUILA (any issue)
and start reading it. I love animals and
would like to be a vet when I am older. My
favourite part of AQUILA is ‘Our World’ as
you can learn so much about our planet. I
was fascinated about owls (October 2016)
and meerkats (April 2016) and many others.
My favourites of the team are E.B., Pepe and
Polly Chrome.
I also feel strongly about electricity. It has
changed the world, both good and bad. I get
irritated when people are always on their
tablets and phones. Could you do an issue
about our planet or fossils and minerals.
From Emily Hardy, age 9
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I am writing about my experience of Helen
Czerski, a weather physicist and oceanographer.
She was giving a lecture about the oceans at The
Forum, Norwich. We waited until it was opening
time (me and Mum) in a nearby café so we could
get the best seats right at the front. She has a
sense of humour, loves her job and told us of a
highly dangerous (but fun) experiment that she
once tried and singed her fringe off! She also told
us and showed us a clip of her experience on a
boat trip. The average wave height was approx.
5 metres!! Sadly, I didn’t get any photos but
she did sign my copy of Orbit, which is a BBC TV
series presented by her and Kate Humble. AND at
the back of the atrium they were selling advance
copies of her book Storm in a Teacup and she also
did a book signing. Seeing her was an amazing
experience and I loved it.
In response to Micol, January 2015 (I know it’s
late but I was reading my back issues) I know the
Greek alphabet off by heart!!
From Kitty H, age 12½
Hello. I think AQUILA is very interesting. I would
love it if you did an AQUILA issue on Doctor Who.
I am a huge fan of Doctor Who. I am in grade
5 this year. Last year, I did something called
DEC Choir. DEC Choir is a choir of a bunch of
schools in Tasmania performing in a concert at
the Derwent Entertainment Centre. There is
also a band of a bunch of schools in Tasmania
performing at the Derwent Entertainment
Centre. My goals for this year are doing band and
learning the DEC Choir songs. And you can’t do
both. So I’m just going to learn the DEC Choir
songs and go to rehearsals but not perform the
songs. And someone else who is doing band this
year is doing the same as me.
From Mark Halloran, age 10
I have only just started reading AQUILA but my
brother used to get them so he let me read them!
I really, really, really like reading especially: The
Nowhere Emporium by Ross McKenzie, Swallows
and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, Queenie by
Jacqueline Wilson, Lionboy by Zizou Corder, Wolf
Wilder by Katherine Rundell, The Borrowers by
Mary Norton, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling and
of course AQUILA, because it is so interesting and
you learn new things. I love art. I used only to be
able to do realistic pictures but now I am learning
to draw comicy ones too. I have drawn a picture
of my family and me, including my pets – I hope
you like
it!
From
Rosa,
age 9
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HI! I got AQUILA for Christmas but I have to share
it with my younger brother. I live in France but
I was born in England. I play basketball and I do
horse riding. I have three pets: two cats named
Charlie and Daisy and a dog named Jester. I have
taught Jester to sit, lie down, shake hands and
roll over – he is really good at it. Oh, and he is a
Border Collie. I love to read Harry Potter books
– I am on the 5th book! I am also going to go on
holiday to London, Brighton,
Colchester and Center
Parcs in Woburn. I live in
the countryside, it is great!
But I do miss my friends
in London. My family and I
enjoyed doing the Cockney
rhyming slang in the AQUILA
Passport. I did a drawing of
the AQUILA passport.
From Ania Ware, age 11
Dear AQUILA, I love your magazine, it’s really
cool! I am half Italian and half English. I have two
brothers called Daniel and Thomas, we like to
play dinosaurs and pirates and my brother Daniel
was especially excited when the Dinosaurs issue
(January 2017) arrived. I love astronomy; Jupiter
is my favourite planet. I hope you like my article
about it:
JUPITER
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system,
as you very well know. It’s a gas giant alongside
Uranus, Neptune and Saturn: the ‘lord of the
rings’. Jupiter is made up mainly of hydrogen and
it’s enormous; all the planets put together would
still weigh only half as much as the king of the
planets does! Jupiter has an orangey white colour
caused by the exotic chemicals in its atmosphere
which are: hydrogen, helium, methane and
ammonia. The planet has various areas, these are:
north polar region; north tempered band; north
tropical zone; north equatorial band; equatorial
band; south tropical zone; south tempered band;
white spot; great red spot; south polar region.
The Great Red Spot
Jupiter’s great red spot is actually a huge storm.
It extends for 50,000 km on the surface of the
planet and it’s four times bigger than Earth!
Jupiter’s Moons
Jupiter has many moons; at least 64. The four
biggest ones are: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and
Europa. Ganymede is the biggest, it’s made up
of ice like Callisto; Io is smaller and is the closest
to Jupiter, the volcanoes on its surface are in
continual eruption. Last of these four is Europa,
with its surface a bit like an ice rink.
Jupiter is my favourite. I like the planet and I like
its moons because they’re strange but beautiful
and fascinating.
From Miranda, Italy
Good work, Miranda. Jupiter certainly is a
fascinating planet.