You can’t discuss Harry Potter without discussing Hogwarts. For many years, Hogwarts has been a second home for Harry Potter. In fact, Hogwarts provided a family setting that Harry Potter had never truly experienced before his 11th birthday. Of course, being such a popular setting in the Harry Potter books, there are several fun facts about Hogwarts. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a familiar setting for many readers, so let’s take a moment to remember many of the fun facts about this popular fictional school.
Fun Harry Potter Facts About Hogwarts #1: School Motto
The school motto of Hogwarts is Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus, which is Latin for “Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon”. It may not be your average school motto, but in the wizard world, this is really good advice.
Fun Harry Potter Facts About Hogwarts #2: Animals on the Crest
On the Hogwarts crest, you will find a badger, serpent, lion, and raven. These animals represent each house. The Gryffindor House is a lion. The Hufflepuff House features a badger. The Ravenclaw House is of course a raven and most fittingly the Slytherin House features a serpent.
Fun Harry Potter Facts About Hogwarts #3: School Punishments
We all know that our main characters have been threatened with being expelled, but for the most part the punishments at Hogwarts are pretty tame. We have seen the characters of the Harry Potter series receive detention, have house points deducted, and we have even seen them sent to their Head of House. Of course, in book 4 Draco was turned into a ferret and Harry Potter was punished severely in book 5, but both of these were rare instances.
You won’t see A’s or even B’s at Hogwarts. In fact, in the Harry Potter series, you will see grades like outstanding and troll. Passing grades include Outstanding, Exceeds Expectations, and Acceptable. The failing grades include Poor, Dreadful, and Troll.
Fun Harry Potter Facts About Hogwarts #5: Required Reading List
In the first couple years at Hogwarts, the Harry Potter characters had huge reading lists, but as the series went on, the required reading list shrunk. While during their first and second years students were required to read almost 10 books, they were required to read around half that during their later years.
Fun Harry Potter Facts About Hogwarts #6: Restricted Sections
Hogwarts is a large school and inside the grounds you will find several restricted sections. In fact, there are eight forbidden sections that include the Forbidden Forest, the Astronomy Tower, the halls (during certain hours), the girl’s rooms (forbidden to boys of course), the third-floor corridor on the right hand side (unless students want a painful death), Hogsmeade (if you aren’t a third year or above), the Whomping Willow, and the Restricted Section of the library.
Fun Harry Potter Facts About Hogwarts #7: Food
Foodies simply love the sections of the Harry Potter books that feature food. What’s not to love, especially when you’re reading about a feast? At Hogwarts you will find roast turkey, pumpkin juice, sausages, butterbeer, lamb chops, and so much more.
Fun Harry Potter Facts About Hogwarts #8: Parties
The fact is there are some serious parties that happen at Hogwarts. Christmas, Halloween, and even Deathday are big events at Hogwarts.
Fun Harry Potter Facts About Hogwarts #9: Age and Founders
Hogwarts was founded around 1,000 years ago by Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw.
Fun Harry Potter Facts About Hogwarts #10: Available Subjects
At Hogwarts, you won’t find boring subjects like algebra. Instead you will find subjects that are useful in the wizard world. Students learn about defending themselves from the Dark Arts. Students even learn how to make important potions. As students get older, they can choose classes that they feel will be useful to them.
