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☆ Outsider Education
The staff of Hogwarts have made arrangements to compensate for the Outsiders' lack of prior education. In some cases, Outsider students will be set back a year (potentially more, if aged 16-18 on admission), but much of the material missed will be covered in catch-up classes. These catch-up classes will be mandatory for Outsiders, but native students may also attend voluntarily.
First Year
Outsiders will be treated as any other Hogwarts first year. Catch-up classes may be required if they arrive late on in the year. First year catch-up classes will take place from the middle of February to the end of June, on Tuesday/Thursday afternoons.
Second/Third Year
Outsiders will proceed as a Hogwarts second year, but with mandatory catch-up classes on Monday/Wednesday/Friday afternoons. Although third years will be attending second year classes, they will reside in third year dormitories and are permitted to visit Hogsmeade.
Fourth/Fifth Year
Outsiders will proceed as a Hogwarts fourth year, but will only take core subjects. Catch-up classes will take place in the electives' time slots, and students are also required to attend Summer School at Hogsmeade Campground. Although fifth years will attend classes with fourth years, they will reside in the fifth year dormitories.
Sixth/Seventh Year
These students will attend the adult courses, but are otherwise treated as other sixth and seventh year students. They will reside in their year's dormitories, and are subject to the same rules as other students. Should they complete all modules of a given subject, and pass to an Exceeds Expectations standards or higher, they may take a NEWT in that subject. Those who move onto NEWTs will remain in the main student dormitories and are still required to wear the school uniform. However, if they would normally have graduated, they will gain the adult students' Hogsmeade privelages and curfew.
Adult Students
Adults will attend a course provided by the Ministry of Magic. The details of this course can be found here.
☆ School Rules
While studying at Hogwarts, all students are expected to follow the Code of Conduct. Students are required:
- To be on time for lessons and all school activities
- To return to their common rooms by curfew
- To come to lessons with the appropriate equipment
- To move around the corridors in a quiet and orderly manner
- To keep all parts of the school tidy
- To avoid language or behaviour which could be offensive to others
- Not to use magic in the corridors
- Not to bring anything which may be a nuisance or a danger (refer to list provided by school caretaker)
- To be dressed in correct, clean, tidy uniform during school hours
- Not to enter the Forbidden Forest or other areas which are Out of Bounds (refer to list provided by school caretaker)
- To remain on Hogwarts premises at all times, except when given permission to leave
Students may bring to Hogwarts an owl OR a cat OR a toad. If a student wishes to bring another kind of pet, permisson must be granted by the student's Head of House. Food and housing for students' pets will be provided, but otherwise the pet will remain the student's responsibility.
Punishment and Reward
The most common reward used in Hogwarts is giving House Points to the student's House. The Hogwarts House with the greatest number of points at the end of the year will be granted the House Cup, and the Great Hall will be decorated in the House's colors.
For minor infractions of the school rules, or general misbehaviour in class, House Points will instead be deducted.
For more severe infractions, detention will be given. Detentions will usually feature the Professor giving the student an unpleasant task. This could be anything from writing lines, to cleaning bedpans in the Hospital Wing.
Professors may also remove student privileges, such as Hogsmeade visits and participation in Quidditch matches.
☆ Hogwarts Uniform
The Hogwarts uniform is to be worn throughout the school day, and on occasions where students are representing the school. Outside of school hours, students are free to wear their own clothing. Adult students are not required to wear a uniform, but are instead expected to wear their House's emblem badge.
All clothing worn on any given day will be laundered that night and returned before morning.
All Students
- Black open robe with silver clasp, house emblem, and house colour lining
- Plain white shirt with long sleeves
- Striped tie in student's house colours
- Charcoal grey knit pullover or cardigan with house colour cuff and waist bands
- Plain charcoal grey trousers
- Grey, black or white socks
- Plain flat, black shoes
- Plain, charcoal grey knee length skirt, straight or pleated
- Tights or stockings are to be plain black, grey, or beige
- If preferred, grey, black, or white ankle socks may be worn
- Plain black shoes, heel to be no higher than 1 inch
- Plain black winter cloak with silver fastening
- Striped scarf in student's house colours OR plain black or grey scarf
- Plain black pointed hat
- Plain black or grey gloves
- Hogwarts crest badge
The only permissible jewellery is a watch and one plain stud earring in the lobe of each ear. Other jewellery worn may be confiscated.
☆ Notices
There are various noticeboards throughout the school: one in each common room, and a large noticeboard by the entrance to the Great Hall. Typically, these are used for announcing dates and events, such as clubs and Hogsmeade weekends.
Students are not permitted to post notices on the main noticeboard without permission. However, students may use their common room's noticeboard freely. Examples of appropriate noticeboard use include selling old textbooks and equipment, offering homework help, or organising study and activity groups.
☆ The School Day
Student Schedule Mon-Fri
07:30 - 09:00 Breakfast in the Great Hall
09:00 - 10:00 First Class
10:00 - 11:00 Second Class
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30 Third Class
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch in the Great Hall
01:30 - 02:30 Fourth Class
02:30 - 03:30 Fifth Class
03:30 - 04:00 Break
04:00 - 05:00 Catch-Up Class (if applicable)
Students are then free until supper, served at 5:30 - 7:00pm.
Students must return to their common room by 8:00pm (1st-3rd years), 9:00pm (4th-5th years), 10:00pm (6th-7th years).
Adult Schedules
Mon/Wed/FriTue/Thur
07:30 - 09:00 Breakfast07:30 - 0900 Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 1st Module09:00 - 10:30 Self-Directed Study
10:30 - 11:00 Break10:30 - 11:30 Break
11:00 - 12:30 2nd Module11:00 - 12:30 4th Module
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch12:30 - 01:30 Lunch
01:30 - 03:00 3rd Module01:30 - 02:30 4th Module, cont.
02:30 - 03:30 Life Skills
Students are then free until supper, served at 5:30 - 7:00pm in the Great Hall.
Students must return to their common room by midnight.
☆ The School Year
First Term
Sep 1: Sorting Ceremony and Start of Year Feast
Sep 2: Classes begin
Oct 31: Hallowe'en Feast
Nov 05: Quidditch Match
Nov 19: Quidditch Match
Dec 12: [Adults] End of Module Assessments
Dec 16: End of Term; Christmas Holidays begin
Dec 25: Christmas Feast
Second Term
Jan 2: Term begins
Feb 13: [Adults] End of Module Assessments
Feb 20: [Adults] Classes resume
Mar 03: Quidditch Match
Mar 17: Quidditch Match
Apr 02: [Adults] End of Module Assessments
Apr 06: End of Term; Easter Holidays begin
Third Term
Apr 16: Term begins
May 28: [Adults] End of Module Assessments
Jun 04: [Adults] Classes resume
Jun 04: Examination period begins
Jun 09: Quidditch Match
Jun 15: Exam results [OWL and NEWT not included]
Jun 16: Quidditch Final
Jun 29: End of Term Feast; House Cup awarded
Jun 30: Native students return home
Jun 30: [Outsiders] Transfer to Campground; Summer School starts
Jul 16: [Adults] End of Module Assessments
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