Simon tried his best to focus on the lesson at hand instead of the students’ shenanigans. He did feel bad when he saw Remy’s reaction to his comment. Perhaps he had been too harsh? He’d go find her after class… after he had spoken with Mr Hooper. Simon was grateful that Adam sped off on the mission that he had assigned him. He hoped that he could find either Macini or Hernandez quickly. His patience was wearing thin for squawking.

But anyway… fun facts, right? The show had to go on even if he wasn’t feeling it either. Aria jumped in first. “Yes! He did win. Kyle Baker was a Pukwudgie too!” He nodded, adding on to Aria’s fact. Simon tired his best to ignore the side comments and missed Miss Toros’ one because he was listening to Cailyn. It was true that not all of the participants survived the Triwizard Tournament. “Thats very true. We lost a talented young wizard that day…” Then Mr. Ridley-Rush jumped in to offer an answer. Good. Seemed like the kids were moving on… “He did ‘win’ but it was at a great cost… I don’t think he perceived it as a win.”

He turned to Remy and offered her a grin at her fact. “Very true! Great fact, Miss Gaeltheos.” Keighley was next to offer a perspective. She was correct. “Indeed Mr Krum was placed under a curse. What curse was that class?” he asked, looking to see if anyone would answer his impromptu question. Henry offered a fact about the IMPS tournament which caused Simon to nod. He remembered reading about Valerie Gray and hearing his sister describe her as other worldly. He knew Miss Gray was very talented by all accounts. So he nodded at his fact. Next was Luther who turned the conversation back to the Triwizard Tournament. “Hopefully we’ll win the next ones too.” Even though Simon’s sister had attended Beauxbatons for a short while, Simon would forever be loyal to Hogwarts especially the houses of silver and green and now black and yellow.

Simon chuckled at Tahani’s question and turned to look at Henry. “Professor Hembree, the floor is yours,” he said, hoping that Henry would jump in with the answer. Then Simon moved to address the fact that Tahani had shared. “He did. He was quite noble.. but then again perhaps too moved by his emotions from another perspective. Then again, he went above and beyond to save his friends. I think this action volumes of his character.”

Now Ash had gotten to the point that Simon was referencing earlier and he nodded. “It doesn’t feel like winning if you lose someone… I agree, Miss Fox. I think Cedric was the hero who saved Harry.”

Simon liked the direction that Desiree took this question and the answer she proposed because it set up the activity that he’d have them do quite nicely. He nodded. “It was rather… frightening and unethical… but do you think any of the former challenges were exactly ethical?” he asked, trying to understand her perspective on it more. He slowed his pace as they reached the centre of the maze. “Great facts, everyone!”

At the centre, the class will find statues of former Headmasters and Headmistresses of Hogwarts scattered around the edges. There’s a few tables along the edges with wizards chess but there’s a nice spot for the group to work on a large activity. There’s also a table with supplies available if the groups need to draw or physically design something.

“Right. Now that we’re at the centre of the maze, we’ve come to our first activity. We are designing our own events for a Wizarding Tournament. Now I want you to work by yourself or with another student. Your task is to choose a skill, moral, and/or value to test a participant in. Once you or you and your partner have decided on what skill, moral, or value to test, then you will design your own challenge.” He paused. “You’ll have an hour to come up with your challenge’s design and then we’ll regroup here for the next set of instructions. I’ll be walking around and available to answer questions.”

OOC: Hi friends! Now we’re at our mini activity!! Mini Activity: Work in pairs or by yourself. Decide what skill/moral/value you want to test out of your participant. Then design your own challenge for a wizarding tournament. You will have 2-3 days to work on this.