Freya Hardy
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Dog agility training

Train your dog for dog agility Dog agility is a high-energy sport that involves navigating an obstacle course of jumps, ramps, tunnels and weave poles

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Make a puppy card

Make a pop-up puppy card Do you know someone that is truly dog-obsessed? Or do you have a friend or family member’s birthday coming up

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Battersea Dogs Home

Not Just for Christmas: The Victorians and Animal Rescue It’s true, of course: ‘A dog is for life, not just for Christmas’. Those cuddly balls

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Make Viking Mask

Make a dynamic dancing Viking mask The Vikings didn’t have a word for ‘music’, that we know of, but they liked to party just as

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Thor vs Loki

THOR & LOKI Thor and Loki – we all know about them, right? The hammer and thunder, and the mischief. We watch the movies, we

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Make Firework Art

Make your own firework art This make is quick, fun and really satisfying; a great activity for a fireworks party – especially if the weather

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Make a wizards castle

Make an Enchanted Wizard’s Castle Just like Harry and his cohorts, there’s nothing I love more than conjuring something out of nothing. My enchanted wizard’s

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Famous Shipwrecks

Sunken treasure – the oldest shipwreck in the world Sailing around the Mediterranean in the ancient world was very dangerous. Sailors risked their lives every

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Sink or Swim

SINK OR SWIM? If you want to see a deep-water shipwreck, you are going to need some sort of submersible. Submersibles are slightly different from

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Forest Figures

FOREST MATHS TRAIL You probably already know that woodlands are vital for the planet’s wellbeing, but did you know they’re also the ideal place to

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Go camping

TIPS FOR CAMPING IN A FOREST How to survive a night in a forest? Firstly, you don’t have to. You probably have a nice warm,

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History of the politics of food

Food Politics

Food Politics Food has enormous power. The divide between those who have an abundance of things to eat and those who are desperately hungry has

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Shark quiz trivia questions and answers

Shark Quiz

Shark Quiz – Test your knowledge Sharks get such a bad rap. Films often depict them as dangerous predators ready to pounce as soon as

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kids mini enterprise

Mini Enterprise

You’re Hired! – Create a mini enterprise! Have you ever watched the TV show, Dragon’s Den? In it, budding entrepreneurs pitch their business plans on

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Tulip Mania Money Bubble

Tulip Mania It’s easy to understand why people might get excited about some things: football, ‘Strictly’, ‘Dr Who’. But tulips? Surely no one could get

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Charles Fraser-Smith

Charles Fraser-Smith, gadget-designing genius Have you ever looked at your hairbrush and thought: ‘I could definitely turn that into a hiding place for a map

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Undercover Animals

UNDERCOVER ANIMALS If you’re on a secret mission a good disguise is important. The animal kingdom offers some of the best disguises out there. If

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Make an Art Sculpture

Make a sculpture worthy of the Turner Prize! POLLY’S MISSION To celebrate this year’s Turner Prize exhibition (not to mention our brand new ART SHOW

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Make A Screen print

Super-duper screen printing Screen printing is a process used by artists and printers. By the 1600s it was a highly-developed art in China and Japan,

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What is Pop Art?

WHAT IS POP ART? Artists take inspiration from lots of different places and art comes in all kinds of shapes, sizes and styles. In the

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Aquila magazine 30th Birthday

https://vimeo.com/847026372https://vimeo.com/847025047 30 YEARS OF AQUILA Unbelievably, AQUILA magazine is 30 years old this month!  We’ve made around 360 issues and covered almost every topic, from

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Make a Custom Jacket

Make a Custom Jacket Customising old and unwanted clothes can be a brilliant way to express your unique personality, save items from landfill AND spread

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Dinosaur Fossil CSI

DINOSAUR DETECTIVES We can’t really clone dinosaurs, let alone create hybrids by combining the scariest bits of the nastiest beasts. Modern technology can, however, provide

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Bullet Trains

Bullet Trains Sometimes train travel is all about the journey. It’s a great opportunity to gaze out of a window and take in the scenery

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Beaver facts for kids

Brilliant Beaver Facts In the Ingenious Engineering issue of AQUILA Magazine we made a crafty camshaft-driven beaver automaton. But why did we choose a beaver?

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Wolf facts for kids

Wolf facts for kids Humans and dogs go so well together, don’t they? That is, unless you’re a cat person… we’ll save THAT discussion for

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Roll Up, Roll Up!

Our sensational Showstoppers issue was packed with fun – and there’s plenty more where that came from! An exciting array of Awesome Activities awaits our

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Spooky Fun!

The leaves are falling, the nights are drawing in, and Halloween and bonfire night is just around the corner. It’s time to get cosy with

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