Ron Weasley's pet rat. He once belonged to Ron's older brother Percy Weasley. Also known as Peter Pettigrew

Author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS WILL REQUIRE:
The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2
by Miranda Goshawk
Break with a Banshee by Gilderoy Lockhart
Gadding with Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart
Holiday with Hags by Gilderoy Lockhart
Travels with Trolls by Gilderoy Lockhart
Voyages with Vampires by Gilderoy Lockhart
Wanderings with Werewolves by Gilderoy Lockhart
Year with the Yeti by Gilderoy Lockhart

Aerial that vibrates when it detects concealment and lies.

Secret Keeper is a person who knows where someone else is in hiding and is the only one who can tell anyone else where the person/people are located. In the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore is the secret Keeper for the Order of the Phoenix and no one can see or find the Order's headquarters unless he tells them or writes them a note.

On the Site, a person is a Secret Keeper if they are in charge of moderating the club pages because they know each clubs secrets and are sworn to secrecy and are trusted never to divulge any club information.

Quidditch player who tries to catch the Golden Snitch.

Wizarding playing cards which shuffle themselves.

Casts a temporary invisible wall around you to deflect minor curses.

Supposed to be the most haunted building in Britain. Situated in the town of Hogsmeade.

Conductor on the Knight Bus.

Silver wizarding money. Seventeen Sickles to a Galleon.

Professor of Astronomy at Hogwarts.

Journalist. She is nosy and malicious, and has stiff blond curls.

Potion used to re-grow bones after they have been removed.

Tames bushy hair.

Horace Slughorn, previously a professor at Hogwarts taught Potions class while Tom Riddle was at school. Years later he then left teaching to retire.

More to come.

One of the school houses in Hogwarts. Founded by Salazar Slytherin. The Slytherin symbol is a snake. The resident ghost is the Bloody Baron. Harry's arch-enemy, Draco Malfoy, is in Slytherin. Professor Snape is head of Slytherin house.

One of the four founders of Hogwarts. Slytherin house is named after him. Created the Chamber of Secrets.

Dudley Dursley's private school. Uncle Vernon also attended.

Potions Master at Hogwarts and head of Slytherin house. Snape was once a Deatheater and became a spy for the Order of the Phoenix at great cost to himself.

Snape taught Harry Occlumency during his fifth year, but due to Snape's hatred of Harry's father James and his feelings for Harry, he stopped the lessons.

Snape is trusted by Dumbledore, much to the amazement and shock of the students.

Glass spinning top that lights up and spins when there is someone untrustworthy around.

Pressure group organised by Hermione in her fourth year at Hogwarts. You must not call it Spew.

Charm to magnify one's voice.

The hat that decides which house students shall be in while at Hogwarts.

Year 1:
Oh, you may not think I'm pretty
But don't judge me on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell tha brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart,
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil,
Or yet in wise olf Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind,
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunninf folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!

Year 4:
A thousand year or more ago,
When I was newly sewn,
There lived four wizards of renown,
Whose names are still well known:
Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor,
Fair Ravenclaw, from glen,
Sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad,
Shrewd Slytherin, from fen.
They shared a wish, a hope, a dream,
They hatched a daring plan
To educate young sorcerers
Thus Hogwarts School began.
Now each of these four founders
Formed their own house, for each
Did value different virtues
In the ones they had to teach.
By Gryffindor, the bravest were
Prized far beyond the rest,
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest
Would always be the best,
For Hufflepuff, hard workers were
Most worthy of admission,
And power-hungry Slytherin
Loved those of great ambition.
While still alive they did divide
Their favorites from the throng,
Yet how to pick the worthy ones
When they were dead and gone?
‘Twas Gryffindor who found the way,
He whipped me off his head
The founders put some brains in me
So I could choose instead!
Now slip me snug about your ears,
I’ve never yet been wrong,
I’ll have a look inside your mind
And tell where you belong!

Year 5:
In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts barely started
The founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted:
United by a common goal,
The had the selfsame yearning,
To make the world’s best magic school
And pass along their learning.
“Together we will build and teach!”
The four good friends decided
And never did they dream that they
Might someday be divided,
For were there such friends anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?
So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there and so can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Said Slytherin, “We’ll teach just those
Who ancestry is purest.”
Said Ravenclaw, “We’ll teach those whose
Intelligence is the surest.”
Said Gryffindor, “We’ll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name.”
Said Hufflepuff, “I’ll teach the lot,
And treat them just the same.”
These differences caused little strife
When first they came to light,
For each of the four founders had
A House in which they might
Take only those they wanted, so,
For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning, just like him,
And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor.
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest,
And taught them all she knew,
Thus the Houses and their founders
Retained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
For several happy years,
But then discord crept among us
Feeding on our faults and fears.
The Houses that, like pillars four,
Had once held up our school,
Now turned upon each other and,
Divided, sought to rule.
And for a while it seemed the school
Must meet and early end,
What with dueling and with fighting
And the clash of friend on friend
And at last there came a morning
When old Slytherin departed
And though the fighting then died out
He left us quite downhearted.
And never since the founders four
Were whittled down to three
Have the Houses been united
As they once were meant to be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
And you all know the score:
I sort you into Houses
Because that is what I’m for,
But this year I’ll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though condemned I am to split you
Still I worry that it’s wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
And must quarter every year
Still I wonder whether sorting
May not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
The warning history shows,
For our Hogwarts is in danger
From external, deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
Or we’ll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you…
Let the Sorting now begin.

Wizarding repair tape. It was used by Ron Weasley to mend his broken Wand.