Well, we almost made it a month without tragedy.

On 31st October during the Halloween Feast, Professor Thomas Pembroke died in a Stair Accident. It was kept quiet from the students, though those in Gryffindor and Ravenclaw might have lamented being forced to take the long way back to the common room after festivities (how odd!). Students will not be allowed to wander the school after this transpires; they'll be kept in the Great Hall until the conclusion of the Feast and then moved back to their house spaces.

Classes are cancelled November 1st and students confined to their common rooms. "Picnic style" meals will be provided. House matrons will give the Official Story at lunch time that day—Professor Pembroke had a tragic fall down the stairs and lost his life as a result. Yes, the school is completely safe. We should all be mindful of where we put our feet. Classes will resume November 2nd, with the thoroughly unqualified Reuben Crouch 'subbing' Muggle Studies until the school finds a permanent replacement!