ooc: happy for you to join, but can you post on the OOC pages if it's not plot related? Otherwise it can cause confusion. Otherwise PM me. Sounds amazing. When do you leave? How long are you gone for?
[b]Can everyone do an opening post and either enter the school or be "following signs" to the school hall? [/b]

There was signs to the main hall leading from the entrance school, which was where all new students were asked to congregate. There were seats, so many of them, all in lines facing the front stage. Around the edge, some adults stood, some of them talking to one another, others watching the students like hawks. 
Any students who spoke to a teacher, was asked to sit patiently, so they had 2 options, talk to someone else or sit quietly and wait.