Second year

The second year is a year of education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for students aged twelve to thirteen. They continue to study the seven subjects they started in their first year for which they take examinations in June.

Harry Potter's second year takes place in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

About

In the summer before their second year, every student is sent a letter with new books they have to purchase and bring to school that year. In April, every second year is given a list of new subjects they start in their third year. They have to choose at least two.

Subjects

Name	Topics
Charms
Transfiguration	Beetle into a button
	Rabbit into slipper
Herbology	Mandrakes
	Leaping toadstool
Defence Against the Dark Arts	Pixies
Potions	Swelling Solution
Astronomy
History of Magic	Medieval Assembly of European Wizards

Set books

• The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 2) by Miranda Goshawk

Gilderoy Lockhart's tenure

During the second-year of Harry Potter's education, Defence Against the Dark Arts is taught by Gilderoy Lockhart. He is incompetent at performing magic, while his teaching is subpar. In his arrogance, he likes to teach the students stories about his life which are later proven fraudulent. Due to his teaching, it's unknown what an average, second year education in the subject is supposed to be like.

He has written seven books which he asks every student regardless of their year to bring. He asks for answers for things like what his favourite colour is or his personal hopes for the future. He eventually has students acting out scenes in his books. It is not rooted in fact about defence or Dark creatures. These books were:

Book	Creature
Break with a Banshee	Banshee
Gadding with Ghouls	Ghoul
Holidays with Hags	Hag
Travels with Trolls	Troll
Voyages with Vampires	Vampire
Wanderings with Werewolves	Werewolf
Year with the Yeti	Yeti