Half-giant expelled in his third year after being framed for Tom Riddle's first opening of the Chamber of Secrets. The leaders of the student body, the Head Boy and Head Girl, are drawn from the seventh year students. To make it appear, one must walk past its hidden entrance three times while concentrating on what is needed. Transfiguration, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Potions, Astronomy, History of Magic, and Herbology are compulsory subjects for the first five years, as well as flying lessons.

There are four known Animagi from Gryffindor house: James Potter (a stag), Sirius Black (a dog), Peter Pettigrew (a rat) and Minerva McGonagall (a cat). From the house that values courage, bravery, nerve and chivalry; this set of 5 Harry Potter Gryffindor Pin Badges is a must-have for any Gryffindor.In another case, when Snape caught Harry using the Sectumsempra curse on Draco Malfoy, he was forced to go through over a thousand boxes of files describing wrongdoers at Hogwarts and their punishments. We Gryffindors are famous for winning the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup four times in a row, beating Slytherin's record of three cups. 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.

Most exterior scenes were shot on location at Alnwick Castle, but views of the exterior of the entire school were created from shots of Durham Cathedral with a digital spire added to the towers. Hogwarts is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff.Honorary Herbology participant, Rookie of Dumbledore's Army in fifth year, Waiter at the Slug Club Christmas Party in his sixth year, and Acting Leader of Dumbledore's Army in his seventh year. She jokingly responded that she would sort him into Gryffindor, because of the red colours of his political party (the Labour Party), which match the colours of Gryffindor. At the end of their second year, students are required to add at least two optional subjects to their syllabus for the start of the third year. The Gryffindor house emphasised the traits of courage as well as " daring, nerve, and chivalry", [4] [5] and thus its members were generally regarded as brave, though sometimes to the point of recklessness. When the first-year students initially arrive at the castle, they wait in a small chamber off the entrance hall until the older students have taken their seats, and then enter the Great Hall for the Sorting Ceremony to determine their House assignments.

About 300 years after the school was founded, the Triwizard Tournament was established as an interscholastic competition among the three most prestigious magical schools in Europe: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang. A completely functioning full-scale replica of the Hogwarts Express was created for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter's expansion at Universal Orlando Resort connecting King's Cross Station at the Diagon Alley expansion in Universal Studios Florida to the Hogsmeade station at Islands of Adventure, [29] manufactured by Doppelmayr Garaventa Group in the form of a funicular railway people mover. Prefect, Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team in her seventh year, [37] later became a Security Troll trainer. Also, each of the houses has its animalistic symbol: Lion is the symbol of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw has an eagle, Slytherin’s symbol is a serpent, and the symbol of Hufflepuff is a badger. Many saw Harry Potter being chosen as the fourth competitor in the Triwizard Tournament as an unfair stealing of Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory's thunder.The Hogwarts Express is a train that carries pupils non-stop from Platform 9 + 3⁄ 4 at King's Cross station in London to Hogsmeade Station, near Hogwarts. From the top right and moving in a clockwise direction, we have Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. Neville Longbottom was known to have become the Head of House after Minerva was made Headmistress in 1998 following the end of the Second Wizarding War. The Room can also answer to the desire of the wizard within the room, such as providing Harry with a whistle when he needed one during a Dumbledore's Army meeting, or creating a passage to the Hog's Head (as the room cannot produce food).

In the evening, students eat their dinner in the Great Hall, after which they are expected to be in their common rooms.The LEGO® Harry Potter™ Collection brings LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 1-4 and LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 5-7 to Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Playstation 4 with both top-selling videogames remastered on one disc!