uniform: first-year students will require

• three sets of plain work robes (black)
• one plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
• one pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
• one winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
  • please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.

course books: all students should have a copy of each of the following

• the standard book of spells (grade 1), miranda goshawk
• a history of magic, bathilda bagshot
• magical theory, adalbert waffling
• a beginner's guide to transfiguration, emeric switch
• one thousand magical herbs and fungi, phyllida spore
• magical drafts and potions, arsenius jigger
• fantastic beasts and where to find them, newt scamander
• the dark forces: a guide to self-protection, quentin trimble

other equipment

• one wand
• one cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
• one set glass or crystal phials
• one telescope
• one set brass scales

Students may also bring and owl OR a cat OR a toad. PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS.