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Adora Callen Bolton commented on Prof. Dario Brighton's calendar event in Gryffindor Calendar
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Approved @Nia Angelopoulos, @Katrina Malfoy and @Adora Callen Bolton - first years If you didn't get your validation email, don't worry, you should still be able to use your accounts now.
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Adora Callen Bolton joined the community
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I would Love to join. Count me in. I will go West
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I'd love to join please And I'd go West
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Katrina Malfoy joined the community
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I'd love to join please and go east
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I’d love to sign up-starting North
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Nia Angelopoulos joined the community
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Heading south!
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I’d love to join in! The north seems like a great start.
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Inspired by Newt Scamander's adventures (or should that be misadventures?), you decide to travel in search of the different magical creatures to learn more about them first-hand. Perhaps in time, you'll come to collaborate with Mr Scamander, or, perhaps, you'll even carve out a name for yourself — but for now, at least, an adventure awaits! This activity takes place over 6 weeks. You'll be able to work through the activity at your own pace, however we recommend that you don't leave everything to the end. There will be 15 tasks in total, which will be a mix of puzzles and creative tasks relating to magical creatures. Each task is worth 10 rubies, for a total of 150 rubies. Tasks will be sent via PM. Each time you complete or correctly solve the task, you will "learn" about a particular magical creature. You'll also be prompted to choose a new direction (north, south, east, west) to continue exploring in. This will influence which task you'll receive next. Timeline Wednesday, 16 July - sign ups open Saturday, 19 July - tasks start getting sent out Sunday, 31 August - last day to submit tasks Special thanks go to Arianna Stonewater and the Gryffindor staff for helping put this activity together.
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Should you have any questions, post here and we will get back to you.
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Post below to join in on the fun! Please also choose a starting direction (north, south, east, west). You will receive your first task via Gryffindor PM.
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I have heard that there had been some ancient runes located just outside of Hogwarts, but I never sought them out before. I went out to conduct some independent research, curious to find out where they were and what they detailed. It took some walking and checking rocks like a madwoman, but I eventually found a set. The first set of runes consisted of Algiz, Laguz, and Hagalaz, which meant protection, alke, and hail. It seemingly translated to "protect the lake from hail", which I could only assume was about the Black Lake. The second set consisted of Ansuz, Gyfu, and Jēra, which meant gift, god, and harvest. It seems that if the lake is protected from hail, a god will gift us a good harvest.
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The runes used by the remote Wizarding community involve a lot more circular and angular types of runes than those seen from the Ancient Runes class. For example, one rune in particular was curved to resemble a crescent moon, leading into a line of three circles, which is defined as the rune for dreams and insights. Another rune contained a triangle with three lines protruding from its right side that spiraled into each other, which was described as being for a movement or a type of flowing energy.
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It’s that time of year again! This is one of my favourite jobs as I get to shout out all the amazing things being done by our lions. But it’s also my opportunity to thank each and every one of you who contributed to the house this term and this year, even if you were only able to hand in a few pieces of homework. We truly appreciate you in whatever way you show up for Gryffindor. And now, onto the shinies! First up, we have our points based awards, honouring the people who have been hard at work in classes and activities, filling up the Gryffindor hourglass. The Brave award is for anyone who earned at least 500 points during the school year. Well done to... @Cassie Williams @Ellie Vernez @Harmony Potts @Ivy Grey @Janne Halla @Laura Yoshida Nargola Hawthorne @Quinn Marshall @Sophia Williams The Determined award is for anyone who went even further and earned themselves 1000 points in the year… Ellie Vernez Harmony Potts Ivy Grey Janne Halla Laura Yoshida Nargola Hawthorne Sophia Williams The Daring award is for those who went beyond that to achieve 1500 points this year…. Janne Halla Nargola Hawthorne Sophia Williams And finally, we reserve the Minerva McGonagall Prize for any lion hardy and tenacious enough to earn themselves a dazzling 3000 points. This year, there’s only one (though Sophia Williams came pretty close!) and that’s…. Janne Halla And now onto the termly awards. First up, another points based one: the Platinum Quill, for the highest points earner of the term. The recipient isn’t particularly surprising given what we’ve seen already but the achievement is no less impressive for that, so a roaring well done to Janne Halla for achieving an outstanding 2703 points just this term. We also hand out awards to people who earn the most rubies in Den activities. Many congratulations to Ellie Vernez (315 rubies) who scoops the Phoenix award as highest earning Gryff and @River Fenwick(730 rubies!) who earns The Lionheart award for our highest earning guest. And now onto the awards decided by the Gryff staff… First up, Studious Simba goes to a lion who has excelled in their classes. As you can tell from those sparkling points totals, Sophia Williams has put in a sterling effort across the board and has been hard at work turning in high-quality assignments throughout the term. We’re delighted to hand her the award! Next up is the Curious Kitten award, given to a lion who has been an enthusiastic and/or encouraging presence, either in The Den or elsewhere round the castle. Ivy Grey has been busy spreading sunny positivity around the various forums (particularly in the birthday threads for fellow HOLers which is lovely to see), so we think she’s a very worthy recipient this term. Keep it up, Ivy! Consistent Cub is for a lion who is showing up all around the castle and setting a positive example to us all to get involved. We usually try to ring the changes but we just had to make an exception and give Ellie Vernez her second Consistent Cub of the year because she really does embody all that this award represents with her heartening HOL spirit. Thank you, Ellie! Lastly, we’d like to hand out the Lively Lionet: our award for people who demonstrate Gryffindor pride and admirable loyalty to the house First, we’d like to award it to Janne Halla who, in spite of everything else he’s been doing all over HOL, has never, ever put Gryffindor second. He’s always there, making sure we have Light Reading tasks ready to go and volunteering to take on any extra task to help the house run smoothly. Thank you, Janne! Secondly, we’d like to award it to @Prof. Amy Lupinwho has been making magic for the house ever since she joined us, as well as keeping plates spinning all over HOL as caretaker. She’s an asset to the house and the school and we’re so grateful she’s repping the scarlet and gold. Now we’ve got the trophy cabinet so full I think we might struggle to close the doors, it’s time for butterbeers all round!
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Let’s See What’s Over the Rainbow!
Prof. Maxim Trevelyan replied to Prof. Maxim Trevelyan's topic in Over the Rainbow
The activity has come to an end and we have discovered some wonderful things during our trip Over the Rainbow. Also, some shiny rubies! Congratulations to the fellow trekkers. Ellie Vernez - 180 Luna Ravenlong - 120 River Fenwick - 300 -
River Fenwick has turned in the correct translation.
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You put your quill down and close your copy of Spellman’s Syllabary, satisfied that you’ve finished translating the ancient runes before you. We’d be interested to hear what you’ve just translated - was it for an assignment, some independent research or perhaps ancient runes spotted in the wild? We’re also curious about the translation itself. Please share your translation (and its context) in 100 words minimum by 11:59 PM HOL time on 31 July for 10 rubies.
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You page through your copy of Spellman’s Syllabary and come across a chapter detailing a different set of runes used by a remote Wizarding community. You notice that the style of the runes are very different from the ones you learned about in your Ancient Runes class. We’d like you to create a graphic showing what some of these runes look like (please keep it to 600 x 600 pixels). Alternatively, you can describe their appearance in 80 words minimum. Post your runes below by 11:59 PM HOL time on 31 July for 10 rubies.
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Your friends prepared a treasure hunt for the end of year celebrations at Hogwarts. Thing is, all the clues are written in ancient runes! Not afraid of a little challenge, you take your trusty Spellman's Syllabary and get to work on the translation. Translate the text by solving the visual sudoku below. Send your solution to me via PM (subject: Light Reading Runic Sudoku) by 23:59 HOL-time on 31st July to earn 10 rubies.
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We’re diving back into the fascinating topic of ancient runes this month with Spellman’s Syllabary. This text is invaluable for anyone hoping to decipher some runic script as it’s a compendium of runes and their meanings. Join us as we uncover the mysteries behind some aged inscriptions (and hope we don’t discover any nasty curses along the way…)
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Barry Blue born 4 December 1950 is a English singer, producer and song writer. His birth name is Barry Ian Green but during a 2020 interview he revealed that he adopted the name blue due to superstitions amongst circus performers who believed green to be an unlucky colour. This was further believed due to his last three singles released under the name Barry Greene were not very successful. Some known hits of his is dancin (on a Saturday night) and do you wanna dance. Both of these songs were released in 1973. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Blue
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The plane soars through the sky Out the window a view so blue Different shaped clouds Oh what a beautiful sight. The beach is a wonderful place The sea so warm and nice A luscious shade of blue Oh look at those waves. Blue is such a beautiful colour. From periwinkle, to baby blue or navy.
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https://imgur.com/a/YFv4xVQ I've recently just started growing a spiderplant, I've never really liked plants but I saw this and I loved it. And this is the progress so far
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Avocado green was really big in the 1970's, this was due to everyone being inspired by mother nature hues. “Coming off of the 1969 moon landing and the first ever view of earth from space, the 1970s invited a renewed interest in nature and being outdoors,” explains Alessandra Wood. Who is an interior design expert and also vice president of style at Modsy. While rusty colours such as brown, oranges and yellows were all in range nothing was as big as avocado green. Many people chose kitchen appliances and had wall painted avocado green. Avocado green seems to be a colour that is coming back in population with many people choosing this colour to decorate their homes. Sustainability has become a key consideration for people around the world, because of global warming. That's being reflected in our choices at home," Karipidi says. It also states that now a lot of people are more environmental aware eco friendly colours like terracotta, mustard and avocado green are coming back in fashion. https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/biggest-it-colors-of-past-50-years-36953840 https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20210512-what-your-colour-choice-says-about-you
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