Harry Potter Night

Friday 9th February saw the GCH library host its annual Harry Potter Night, at which four travelling Hogwarts professors lent their expertise to the training of this year’s batch of promising young witches in the magical arts. 

The evening commenced with the sorting ceremony, with the students sorted into their houses by the omniscient sorting hat (kindly loaned by Hogwarts for the occasion). 

Madam Leda Cygnus delivered a lecture on the fine art of wand-making, before leading the students in choosing from several magical cores and materials to construct a wand attuned to their strengths and personality. 

Professor Filius-Patergracia led a workshop on the introduction to duelling basics, pitting classmates against each other in a light-hearted magical battle royale. No students were harmed in the process, although several small fires had to be extinguished as a result of overzealous spell-slinging by several more enthusiastic students. 

Renowned linguamancer Professor Malleus led students in decoding an ancient script, before instructing them in the creation of their own runic text. 

Finally Madam Kentauros oversaw a quidditch training session for each house in preparation for the evening’s crowning event, the annual Quidditch Cup! The two playoffs were hotly contested, and resulted in a Ravenclaw vs Gryffindor final in which the Ravenclaw seeker won it for her house in the final seconds of the game. Congratulations to Ravenclaw for their well-fought victory!

The evening was unfortunately marred by the arrival of an owl from the Ministry of Magic, warning of their suspicions that several renegade wizards were in attendance of the evening in disguise. No disturbances were recorded, but continued vigilance is advised.