hogwarts week 6

 Hogwarts week 6 sees us going to Slytherin for the first time.

The lessons were:

unicorn milk - this involed adding food colouring to milk and then touching gently with washing up liquid and watching what happened

dragon spotting - matching up the dragon info with its name

glow in dark flowers - white fflowers, tonic water, glow in dark paint and see what happens

making a mandrake - this was from clay

popindio - making things pop spell

enchanted objects - he had to write about enchanted things

next week he is in

hogwarts week 5

 hogwarts week 5 back in ravenclaw

Week 5 saw the following lessons:

2 dragons - research and compare 2 dragons

making a cardboard knight bus

crystal ball prediction - he had to repdict what he thought was going to happen

make a famous wizard - he had to invent his own wizard and what it was famous for

instant ocean - this was a potions subject, although there was changed it didnt work fully for some reason

bits to ice cream - this was making ice cream in a bag. it tasted horrid!

Next week is a 1st visit to Slytherin

hogwarts week 4

 hogwarts week 4

This week saw my son in Hufflepuff house. His lessons were:

a dragon stained glass window (he had to colour it with sharpies).

Edible floo powder - from sherbert, glitter and popping candy

tarot cards - learning about them and how they work

disappearing penny  - using water and a glass

a brooms eye view - 4 writing tasks linked to being on a broom

a new wizard sport - this was good he had to write about a new sport, but if he could make it in real life he got extra points. He went with giant frog racing, whereby people rode on the backs of frogs and competed as a team to win.

He was sorted into Ravenclaw for next week

HOGWARTS week 3

week 3 at Hogwarts my son was in Gryffindor again. He got a large amount of points this week and gave Gryffindor a big lead.

His lessons were as follows:

Gringotts vault - this was a general lesson. it was a box i had made with holes cut in it and a plastic cup in each (think halloween punch out game). each cup had a small gift/item inside and was then covered in gold paper and had a "harry potter" number added to it. These numbers were also on keys that had been hidden around the house with clues.

Dragon impressions - this was a care of magical creatures lesson and what dragons meant to my son.

Bertie Bots challenge - this was 2 parts. part 1 was how many beans were in it (son spent ages weighing jellybeans, and proper trying to work out total) the 2nd part was guessing flavours from appearance and possible smell and then eating them to see if correct.

magical store - making his own magical store and writing about what it sells etc

inverted balloon - this involved heating a glass bottle and placing a balloon on top and it *should* suck the balloon into the bottle.

He was sorted into hufflepuff for next week