Fourth Years Lesson One

Mallory had set up the classroom the way she liked, giving it a quick cleaning that morning before arranging her desk. Amara was curled underneath her large oak desk, fast asleep, and all of Mallory’s notes and lesson plans were arranged neatly on the desk itself, turned to face out to the rows of seats so she could sit and still supervise her students.

She had decorated the desk with a line of flowers, most of them shorter, creating a small barrier along the edge of the desk that she could still see over. She had taken care getting dressed that morning, her light powder blue robes swishing gently around her feet and her dark mahogany hair pulled back in a braided chignon.

She rose from her desk as the students filed in, smiling kindly as the last of them settled in their seats. She clapped her hands lightly to get their attention, looking over the fresh young faces of the fourth years. “Dobroye utro, good morning my dears,” She greeted gently, her Russian accent a more subtle but still there. “My name is Professor Mallory Grayveson, and I’ll be your Professor until fifth year,” She raised a hand, the chalk raising to write out her name in an elegant script behind her.

She smiled fondly at them, eager to begin today's lesson. “Today, I would like us to go over what you’ve learned so far,” she smiled, stopping by another student. “Would you like to start us off, my dear? What was a charm you learned in your first year?” She smiled at the answer, praising the student and moving to the next, going through the room at random until each student had told her a charm they’d learned from the first, second, or third year, distributing varied amounts of points depending on their answers but still praising each answer she received.

When they had finished, she came to a stop in front of her desk again. “Very good, my dears, I can see you’ve all done well in these classes. If you would be so kind, turn your eyes back to the board. These are the charms we’ll be covering this semester.” She waved her hand, the chalk lifting up again to list the charms. “I would like each of you to make an effort to stop in and see me, my office is also open from breakfast until dinner every day. I want to see each of you personally before the next lesson so we can discuss what you’d like to get from this class, I would love the chance to get to know each of you, and work on a personal study plan so I can assist each of you in the best way possible,”

Mallory smiled, waving her hand and opening the door to the class before moving to sit down. “I have paper copies of your reading assignment for the semester, feel free to grab one before you go. We’ll begin our wand work next week.”

Confundus Charm
Amplifying Charm
Quieting Charm
Muffliato Charm
Silencing Charm
Bubble Head Charm
Drought Charm​

 

[Apolline Fontaine]

Apolline was very keen for the new semester, she had her classes and she was more than interested in learning. She had enjoyed the break, and had enjoyed being able to spend time with her mum. She’d used the time as well as she could, but was happiest now being back. Her brother had arrived at the school, and had been sorted. She was pretty pleased to have him around, though also pretty keen to not be too involved in him. She just knew she had to look out for him. Which Apolline knew she could do. Apolline grabbed the last few things she needed for the day ahead and then went to class.

Apolline walked into the charms classroom and took her usual spot in the room. She glanced at the professor and nodded, they didn’t really need the introduction, but perhaps there were new people in the year. She glanced towards the first person asked to speak and then when it was her turn said. ”Alohamora,” she listened as others said charms, and then once everyone had gone the lesson was wrapped up. Apolline took the spell list and then headed out of the room when they were allowed to. She intended to start on the reading as soon as she could.

 

[Morrie Ayre]

No baby in class this semester? Good thought Morrie who thought that a teacher teaching magic whilst cradling a baby was pretty high on the list of weird sh!t about Hogwarts. She slumped herself at a desk and listened to the lecture, or at least was present for it although she wasn't paying much attention. She fought back a yawn towards the end of the lesson then once dismissed, packed up her belongings and left the classroom. She did not plan to make a personal appointment with Professor Grayveson before next week.

 

[Kyousuke Kurosawa]

Kyousuke stepped into the classroom and took his seat, ready for the class to begin. It turned out to be something of a revision lesson. "Lumos," Kyousuke remarked for a first year spell. Perhaps a basic one, but an important one, Kyousuke thought. Kyousuke appreciated the professor offering help though he was certain he wouldn't need it. It was still a year off OWLs but Kyousuke was pretty confident in himself. He took note of the spells they'd be learning for the upcoming semester, recognising most from his prepatory studies. This would be an interesting one, he thought to himself.

 

[Violet Owens-Rosemary]

Violet wasn't so happy to be back at Hogwarts and was more nervous. She had to try and make an effort this year to make friends, to carry on her lie to her sisters that she had so many. It was going to be difficult, but at least she had earned herself secretary of Heta Omega, so that was a good starting point in making herself look popular. The Ravenclaw had classes to attend now however, so she packed her backpack and headed to them.

Violet entered the charms classroom, smiling slightly in greeting to the professor as she took her usual seat within the room. The professor started the lesson quickly, asking the class for spells they had learnt in the previous year. When it was her turn, Violet didn't hesitate. "Accio." she said, as this was one of her favourites. She listened as the rest of the class stated spells they had learnt, and it was then that she realised they had actually already learnt quite a lot, yet still had a long way to go. At the end of the lesson, the Ravenclaw made sure to take the list of spells they would be learning that semester before leaving.

 

[Aroha Blenheim]

Aroha thought charms was a pretty solid class, so of course she'd chosen it again this year. It turned out this lesson would be revision, which was fine by her. She was itching, however, to go practice for the upcoming quidditch tryouts and barely remembered to say a spell outloud. "Oh, uh, scourgify. The cleaning charm," she said proudly. That was a useful one, Aroha thought. As much as she didn't particularly like washing dishes. Soon the lesson came to an end but Aroha took the parchment with the spells they'd be learning with avid interest. Some of them sounded kind of funny - it'd be interesting to see what they'd be like.

 

[Hazel Ashworth]

Hazel was excited about fourth year. Something about it sounded very grown-up to her. She felt like she finally wasn't part of the young students anymore. Her brother being sorted was a bit annoying, but she knew they would probably largely leave each other alone. She was determined to shine more than ever this year, and started off the first week by wearing large disco-ball earrings to class. She knew they would perhaps be a little distracting to others, but she didn't mind that.

The Slytherin rushed to the third floor and and slipped into the Charms classroom. She took a seat near Kyousuke and shooting him a smile. She then focused on Professor Grayveson as she started the lesson. She told them they would go over everything they had learned so far, naming a spell from the first three years. Hazel heard her classmates naming spell after spell until she felt like she didn't know any anymore. She hesitated. "Stupefy." She said after a moment, though she couldn't remember when they had learned that spell. Was it first year? That was a terrifying idea, that her brother might be able to use that spell soon. She noted down the assignment and the spells they were going to learn before leaving the classroom.