Year 3 – Haworth & Bronte

The Brontë Family

Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne Brontë were a very close family who loved spending time together. As children, they lived with their father, Reverend Patrick Brontë, first in Thornton and later in the village of Haworth. Their home, called the Parsonage, became a place filled with imagination, storytelling and creativity.

The four children loved making up adventures and creating their own imaginary worlds. They wrote stories, poems and plays, often filling tiny handmade books with their ideas. Sometimes they acted out their stories together and debated which heroes should win their exciting adventures. Their father encouraged their learning and was amazed by their creativity.

Writing became a huge part of family life. The children spent hours reading, discussing ideas and sharing their work with one another. These childhood games helped them develop the skills that would later make them famous writers.

As adults, Charlotte, Emily and Anne wrote some of the most loved novels in English literature. Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre, Emily wrote Wuthering Heights, and Anne wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Their brother Branwell was also talented and enjoyed writing and painting.

Although the Brontë family faced many challenges during their lives, they remained connected through their love of stories, learning and imagination. Today, people from all over the world visit Haworth to learn about this remarkable family and discover how four creative children grew up to leave a lasting mark on literature.

To celebrate 200 years since the births of the Brontë children, the Brontë Stones Project created a nine-mile walking trail from Thornton, where the children were born, to Haworth, where they grew up. Along the route, large stones are engraved with poems and verses that honour the Brontë family and their achievements.

The wild moorlands around Haworth inspired many of the settings in the Brontës’ books. As you explore the artwork, look carefully for clues about Haworth’s landscape, history and connection to these remarkable writers. What details can you spot that help tell the story of the Brontës and the place they called home?

The Brontës and Haworth

People from all over the world visit the village of Haworth to learn about the famous Brontë family. Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë lived in the Parsonage with their father, Reverend Patrick Brontë. It was here, surrounded by books, imagination and the dramatic Yorkshire countryside, that the sisters developed their love of writing.

Visitors often imagine the Brontës sitting around the dining table, sharing ideas and reading their stories aloud to one another. The sisters worked hard to turn their childhood love of storytelling into novels that would later become famous across the world. Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre, Emily wrote Wuthering Heights, and Anne wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Their books are still read and studied nearly 200 years later.

The landscape around Haworth played an important part in their writing. The open moorlands, rolling hills and changing weather inspired many of the settings and moods found in their stories. When readers walk across the moors today, they can often imagine the scenes that inspired the Brontës’ books.

To celebrate 200 years since the births of the Brontë children, the Brontë Stones Project created a nine-mile walking trail from Thornton, where the family was born, to Haworth, where they grew up. Along the route, large carved stones display poems and messages celebrating the Brontës and their lasting impact on literature.

The writer Jeanette Winterson described the Brontës as writers whose stories continue to speak to people today. Their books explore friendship, courage, love, loneliness and hope—feelings that readers of every generation can understand.

As you look at the artwork, think about what it tells you about Haworth and the Brontë family. Can you spot clues about the moors, the village, the Parsonage or the stories they wrote? What do you think made this place such a powerful source of inspiration for these remarkable writers?

The Incredible Book Eating Boy

The Blue Umbrella

The Stone Age Boy

The Magic Paintbrush

Muscles and Skeletons

Muscles and Skeletons

Earthquakes

Victorian Reader

Skara Brae and Stonehenge

Boudica and Julius Caesar

Multiplication and Division

Length and Perimeter

Mass and Capacity

Money

Time

Shape

Statistics

What do Christians learn from the creation story?

What is Trinity?

What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?

Why do Christians call the day Jesus dies ‘Good Friday’?

What kind of world did Jesus want?

How and why do believers show their commitments during the journey of life? (Christianity and Hinduism)