Charms - First Years

Ophelia remembered her days at her school of witchcraft back home in Australia fondly, but she did not recall so much house rivalry at her own school. There had only been three houses, the Kangaroo's, the Koala's and the Kookaburra's - and they'd all been the best of friends. Each house had rivalries only when it was time to play Quidditch, and even then it was friendly, playful banter between the houses which was a lot of fun. The houses really hadn't been as big as they were at Hogwarts, I mean, the dormitories had been divided into house groups and gender, so you slept with all of the girls/boys in your year level to promote friendships among students.

Ophelia hoped that Hogwarts could overcome the huge house rivalries and so it was why she had made it one of the new classroom rules that you could not sit next to someone who was in your house. There was two to a desk, and Ophelia had partner work planned that you must do with the person sitting next to you, so hopefully that could help with this whole house division problem. Ophelia beamed as she finished writing her new rule on the board and sat down, waiting for her class to arrive.

Written on the Board:
Students are NOT allowed to sit next to someone in their own house.