Post by LADY L on Jun 30, 2014 22:00:22 GMT -5
The School Year at Hogwarts
The year begins on September 1
Hogwarts Express leaves King's Cross Station at 11 a.m., bringing students to Hogsmeade Station where the 2nd through 7th years ride horseless carriages up to the castle and 1st years cross the lake in boats with Hagrid
the start-of-year feast
the Sorting
a few words from headmaster
vast quantities of food and drink
a few more words from headmaster, including the "start-of-term notices"
classes begin on September 2 - schedules handed out at breakfast
Quidditch trials during the second week also flying lessons for first years
Halloween Feast on the evening of October 31
hundreds of live bats flying around
delicious pumpkin treats
first Quidditch match in the beginning of November
second week of December McGonangall takes names of those who are staying over the Christmas holidays
end of first term is usually about a week before Christmas and most of the students and some of the teachers go home
December 25: Christmas Feast
shortly after January 1: Hogwarts Express returns and start of second term
Easter holidays - two-week break, students go home, exact dates vary every year
exams are held the first week of June
results come out the second week of June
Leaving Feast, sometimes called the end-of-term feast, the evening before the Hogwarts Express goes back to London
the Hogwarts Express returns to London during the third week of June
all staff and students leave Hogwarts during the summer except for Filch (Or whomever the caretaker is)