Katherine Laurier wrote: ↑Sun Jun 08, 2025 11:15 am I'd like to do the following:
- How astronauts live in space
- Star gazing nights at Hogsmeade Community Centre ad
- Logic puzzle

All approved.

‘Another year gone!’ Dumbledore said cheerfully. ‘And I must trouble you with an old man’s wheezing waffle before we sink our teeth into our delicious feast. What a year it has been! Hopefully your heads are all a little fuller than they were … you have the whole summer ahead to get them nice and em...

You have just over 24 hours to get your tasks in for our spellbinding read-along!
It's not too late to join in with the nostalgia. Quick, get yourself over to the signup thread to claim a character!

Here we’ll be discussing chapters 16 and 17 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Feel free to offer any thoughts that you like or to use some of our suggested questions below. If someone else has said something you find interesting, you should definitely respond to them – this is a discussio...

Hope you had a most splendid birthday, Will!

Time to get to know our side characters even better. This is your chance to flesh out your character’s backstory. You can use what we know about them from this or other books in the series but we’d also love you to use your imagination. You can respond to the prompts in the first person (as they wou...

Here we’ll be discussing chapters 10-12 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Feel free to offer any thoughts that you like or to use some of our suggested questions below. If someone else has said something you find interesting, you should definitely respond to them – this is a discussion, a...

Here we’ll be discussing chapters 7-9 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Feel free to offer any thoughts that occurred to you while reading or to use some of our suggested questions below. If someone else has said something you find interesting, you should definitely respond to them – this...

Very sorry for the delay. There was a mix up. :) Here we’ll be discussing chapters 4-6 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Feel free to offer any thoughts that you like or to use some of our suggested questions below. If someone else has said something you find interesting, you should defin...

Time to get to know our side characters a little better. This is another chance to flesh out your character’s backstory. You can use what we know about them from this or other books in the series but we’d also love you to use your imagination to spice things up (that's particularly the case if the b...

Welcome to HOL's very own newspaper, The HOwLer! The theme for our upcoming issue is: Among the stars. Deadline for submissions: 11:59 PM HOL time on the 20th of June, 2025 So do you have an idea for an article, or maybe even a column? Perhaps you've got a concept for the perfect ad. Or maybe you ar...

Echoing all Sin said. Hope you had a wonderful birthday, my lovely. <3

Next up…
Lexa, you’ve drawn Neville Longbottom

Here we’ll be discussing chapters 1-3 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Feel free to offer any thoughts that occurred to you while reading or to use some of our suggested questions below. If someone else has said something you find interesting, you should definitely respond to them – this...

Drum roll....
Ellie, you've drawn Parvati Patil

Next up...
Ivy, you’ve drawn Lavender Brown
Maisie, you’ve drawn Susan Bones

Here are our first lot of characters!

Janne, you’ve drawn Draco Malfoy
River, you’ve drawn Seamus Finnigan
Sindor, you’ve drawn Hannah Abbott
Will, you’ve drawn Terry Boot
Luna, you’ve drawn Dean Thomas

Welcome to our read-along of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone! This is a read-along with a difference. As well as reliving the magic of the first book and sharing your thoughts, we’ll also be inviting you to step into the shoes of one of the characters and play your way through a PS inspired...

If you’d like to take part in the Philosopher’s Stone read-along, please post below. We’ll respond to let you know which character you’ve been given. You’ll use your assigned character to answer the character tasks posted each week. They’ll also be your playing token on the board game. We’ll be draw...

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