Hogwarts First Year

This article covers information about the first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A student in their first year at Hogwarts was called a first-year (with a hyphen). Those who received their Hogwarts letter at age eleven were permitted to attend.
==Starting Hogwarts==
===Travelling to Hogwarts===
First-years were typically eleven to twelve years of age, and began the year by boarding the Hogwarts Express at exactly 11 am on 1 September from King's Cross Station, from which they travelled to Hogwarts. If they lived in Hogsmeade, they of course did not need to catch the train.
From there, first-year students were accompanied by the Keeper of Keys and Grounds (or another suitable teacher if the Keeper was absent), along a shady path that led to a fleet of small boats, which sailed themselves across the Black Lake before arriving at a small landing stage near the base of Hogwarts Castle.
Students would then await their turn to be Sorted into their houses in the Great Hall. A teacher would take them to a small room where they would await the Sorting ceremony.
===The Sorting Ceremony and Start-of-Term Feast===
Just before the Start-of-Term Feast began, new students were Sorted into one of four houses (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin) by the Sorting Hat. The Hat analysed each student's mind, looking for specific characteristics that it used to decide where to put each student. After the Sorting, the Headmaster would say a few words and the feast would begin.
After the feast, the headmaster would say a few more words; if he or she was feeling particularly festive, they would direct the students as they sang the school song, such as the year Harry Potter came to Hogwarts. Dumbledore used his wand as a conductor's baton, conjuring a ribbon that floated in the air, forming the words for the students to sing along with, each singing to the tune of their choice. Not all Professors were overly fond of the song, but Albus Dumbledore, the wise and odd man he was, conducted the singing with gusto and even teared up at the end:
Hogwarts, Hogwarts,Hoggy Warty HogwartsTeach us something, please,Whether we be old and baldOr young with scabby knees,Our heads could do with fillingWith some interesting stuff,For now they're bare and full of air,Dead flies and bits of fluff,So teach us things worth knowing,Bring back what we've forgot,Just do your best, we'll do the rest,And learn until our brains all rot.
==Overall==
First-year students had to take: Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, History of Magic, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Astronomy, and Herbology, classes that were mandatory throughout their first five years of magical education. 
First-years, and only first-years, were required to take Flying class, where they learned the basic commands to give to their broomstick, as well as basic tricks and tips for riding, as most of the first-years had probably never flown before arriving at Hogwarts school.
===Curriculum===
Subject	Curriculum
====Charms====	
*Levitation CharmHogwarts Mystery
*Softening Charm
*Fire-Making Spell
*Wand-Lighting CharmHogwarts Mystery
*Unlocking CharmPottermore - The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1Hogwarts Mystery
*Knockback JinxHogwarts Mystery
*Wand-Extinguishing CharmHogwarts Mystery
*Severing Charm
*Locking Spell
*Mending Charm
====Defence Against the Dark Arts====	
*Treating werewolf bites
*Imps
*Ghosts
*HagsPottermore - The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
*Gytrashes
*Vampires
*Zombies
*Gnomes
*Curse of the Bogies
*Knockback Jinx
*Wand-Lighting Charm
*Smokescreen Spell
*Verdimillious Charm
*Verdimillious Duo Spell
*Verdimillious Tria
*Red Sparks
*Green Sparks
====Transfiguration====	
*Transfiguration alphabet
*Transfiguration formula
*Desk Into Pig 
*Match to needle
*Switching Spell
*Mice to Snuffboxes
*Avifors Spell
*Flintifors
====Potions====	
*Cure for Boils
*Forgetfulness Potion
*Herbicide Potion
*Wiggenweld Potion
*Antidote to Common Poisons
*Pompion Potion
*Strength Potion
*Hair-Raising Potion
====Herbology====	
*Devil's Snare
*Fire-Making Spell
*Venomous Tentacula
*Spiky Bush
*Bouncing Bulb
*Severing Charm
*Puffapods
*Moly
*Asphodel
*Dried Nettles
*Dittany
*Wormwood
*Mandrake Root
*Aconite
*Lumos Solem Spell
====Astronomy====	
*Studying the sky with Telescopes
*Studying Moon charts and Star charts
*Names of stars
*Movements of planets
====History of Magic====	
*Gargoyle Strike of 1911
*Soap Blizzard of 1378
*Werewolf Code of Conduct
*Emeric the Evil
*Elfric the Eager
*Uric the Oddball
*Self-Stirring Cauldron
===First year restrictions===
First-years could not go to Hogsmeade with the students in the third year or above, and were not permitted to have their own broomstick inside the school grounds until the second year. They were further forbidden from taking Divination, Muggle Studies, Study of Ancient Runes, Care of Magical Creatures and Arithmancy until the third year, and Apparition and Alchemy until the sixth year.
===Required textbooks===
Potions Book.png|Magical Drafts and Potions
Book of Spells 1.png|The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1
The-dark-forces-a-guide-to-self-protection-pottermore.png|The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi Pottermore.png|One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
A history of magic Pottermore.png|A History of Magic
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration Pottermore.png|A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration
Magical-theory-lrg.png|Magical Theory (book)
Fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-pottermore.png|FB
==Appearances==
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*Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban (film)
*Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire (film)
*Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix (film)
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
==Notes and references==
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