The different Houses of the German wizarding school “Blocksberg”
Chrest: silver/green Lindwyrm on Purpur
You will be in this house if you want to take this extra courses: Mugglestudies, Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology.
This House is associated with Germany*
Chrest: White Caladrius on Safran
You will be in this house if you want to take this extra courses: Astronomy, History of Magic and Arithmancy.
This House is associated with Switzerland*
Chrest: silver/blue Hippocamp on Indigo
You will be in this house if you want to take this extra courses: Divination, Study of Ancient Runes and Alchemy
This House is associated with Austria*
*please bear in mind that you are able to join the house you want to and that you do not need to be in the german house when you are a german. There is a test at the beginning to give you a direction which house to choose, but the choice is all yours.
The first year of school start when the child is 10 years old
All student need to have these 5 main courses at least until O.W.L. level:** **
Charms, DADA, Transfiguration, Magical Theory, Potions
Year 1 and 2 courses (8 courses):
Charms, DADA, Transfiguration, Magical Theory, Potions, 3x House specific classes
Year 3-5 courses (8-10 courses):
Charms, DADA, Transfiguration, Magical Theory, Potions, 3x House specific classes, up to two extra classes from the other houses
After 5 year you will take your O.W.L.
Year 6 and 7, you can only take these courses :
you got your OWL in and want your NEWT
are from a different house and you want to make your OWL
In your 6 and 7 year you have 5 (people who have a specific work in mind) to 12 (people who most commonly want to go to university) courses
After 7 year you take your N.E.W.T.s and O.W.L.s.