Bronte Residential: A Weekend in Haworth

I am about to start organising the residential trip to Bronte Country - the rugged moorland surrounding Haworth in West Yorkshire. The trip will take place in June/July next year, but, before I begin to plan it, I need to know HOW MANY of you will definitely be interested in coming.

• We will be away for TWO nights and THREE days.
• We will stay in the YHA Youth Hostel in Haworth, with all students in single-sex dorms.
• We will eat our main meals in the hostel, with a packed lunch provided by the hostel as well.
• Activities are likely to include:
• Evening workshops on the novels in the hostel itself;
• A seminar at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, with the museum's education officer;
• A tour of the Parsonage, and the nearby Bronte library;
• A hike across the moors to find the various buildings and landmarks which inspired parts of each of the novels;
• A poetry writing masterclass in the middle of the moors, where Emily Bronte used to write her poems.
• We will travel to Yorkshire by school minibus, and you will make the final journey to Haworth by steam train, just as the Brontes would have done themselves.
• I do not yet know the cost of the trip, although I will ensure the English department subsidises it to some extent. The cost to your parents is likely to be approx £30 per student.
  

I ran this exact trip with a group of 6th Form Students back in 1999, and they had a fantastic time. I fully expect that you will all have a great time too.

However, if I am to be able to run this trip, I need to know A.S.A.P. how many of you would like to come. So have a chat with your parents, and email me by Friday 10th November if you are interested. You are not committing yourself at this stage, but, if not enough people are interested, it will not be economical to run the trip in the first place.

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Thanks

Mr Savage