Among the plant species within the Forest are trees such as beech, oak, pine, sycamore, yew and knotgrass and thorn undergrowth. However, some translations translate or otherwise adapt the name: French Poudlard ( lard = " bacon"), [37] Latvian Cūkkārpas shortened from cūka = "pig" + kārpas = " warts", Dutch Zweinstein modified from zwijnsteen = "pig rock", [37] Norwegian Bokmål Galtvort (galt = boar, vort = wart) ( Nynorsk keeps " Hogwarts"), Finnish Tylypahka ( pahka = " wart"), Hungarian Roxfort (playing with the name of Oxford in tribute to Harry Potter's home country), [37] Slovenian Bradavičarka ( bradavice = "warts")), Czech Bradavice means simply " warts".

The Slytherin common room is a long, low, dungeon-style room, under the Hogwarts Lake, furnished with green lamps and carved armchairs. Hogwarts is a coeducational, secondary boarding school, taking children from ages eleven to eighteen, [6] in line with real-world combined secondary and sixth form institutions in Britain. You’ll notice that this pin also includes some wise words from the Sorting Hat about the kind of witches and wizards who belong in Gryffindor.The film's depiction of the Chamber has snake heads in place of the pillars and Slytherin's statue is only his head. Complete your own special journey aboard the most iconic vehicle in the Wizarding World: the Hogwarts Express™. Gryffindor House won the second House Cup in Pottermore; their reward for winning was Gryffindor-related downloadable material.

Letters to Muggle-born witches and wizards, who may not be aware of their powers and are unfamiliar with the concealed wizarding world, are delivered in person by a member of Hogwarts staff, who then explains to the parents or guardians about magical society, and reassures them regarding this news. Rowling has suggested that she may have inadvertently taken the name from the hogwort plant ( Croton capitatus), which she had seen at Kew Gardens some time before writing the series, [31] although the names "The Hogwarts" and "Hoggwart" appear in the 1954 Nigel Molesworth book How to Be Topp by Geoffrey Willans. The Slytherin dormitories and common room are reached by speaking a password to a patch of bare stone wall in the dungeons, which causes a hidden door to open. Founded in the tenth century, Hogwarts embodied the spirit of the four greatest witches and wizards.

Play solo or compete against a friend in 3 games: shoot the Quaffle through the goal hoops, launch the bludgers at the beater and catch the Golden Snitch™. citation needed] Each examination consists of a written knowledge test and, where applicable, a practical demonstration of skills before a panel of proctors from the Ministry of Magic. Inside is the common room, which contains armchairs and sofas for the pupils and tables for studying and homework. According to Forbes, in 2004, Rowling ranked as the second wealthiest female entertainer in the world.

We Gryffindors are famous for winning the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup four times in a row, beating Slytherin's record of three cups. It can only be assumed that this is its location for the rest of the series as the outside of the entrance would not be seen again for the rest of the film series. Chaser and temporary Seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, physical host used by Tom Riddle's Diary for the reopening of the Chamber of Secrets in her first year, member of Dumbledore's Army in her fourth year, member of the Slug Club in her fifth year, and Acting Deputy Leader of Dumbledore's Army in her sixth year. Build famous minifigures from the Harry Potter™ movies, create your own Sorting Ceremony, gather for a feast in the Great Hall and join in the fun in the Common Room.Eventually married Harry Potter and became Chaser for the Holyhead Harpies from 1999 to 2004, Senior Quidditch Correspondent for the Daily Prophet from 2004 to 2018 and Sports Editor for the Prophet from 2018 onward. Our dormitories are reached by climbing the winding mahogany staircase, decorated with crimson and gold. Gryffindor instructed the Sorting Hat to choose students possessing characteristics he most valued, such as courage, chivalry, nerve and determination, [6] to be sorted into his house. Our four-posters are covered with thick scarlet blankets (we have quite windy nights up in the towers) and are embroidered with gold. Finally, to warn students of the dragon, the school chose “Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus” as its motto.