By Roger Booth on 09-Nov-2017 - On Saturday the 24th March, there will be a Module 1 day course at St Laurence in Thanet, teaching bell handling. The course will be tutored by Roger Booth and is the introduction to the ART Training scheme where teaching skills are developed through practical application in the teacher accreditation process. Delegates can be experienced […] Read more
By ART Administrator on 28-Sep-2017 - Module 2 Courses are all about enhancing our skills for teaching early method ringing. The course itself is the first step in teacher development which can lead towards accreditation with ART for teaching change ringing if desired. Although many delegates who attend M2C have already attended M1 courses in teaching bell handling, this is not […] Read more
By ART Administrator on 27-Sep-2017 - This popular course from the ART Training Scheme will be tutored by Paul Lewis at St Peter’s Kineton on the 6th January, 2018. Starting at 10am, the course will include both theory and practical aspects of teaching foundation skills for ringers who are progressing from bell handling and rounds up to and including plain hunt. […] Read more
By Steve Vickars on 19-Jun-2017 - On a very warm Saturday morning, 14 ringers attended the ART Module 2F course at All Saints’ church, Marsworth, Bucks. The delegates were from near (Marsworth tower), slightly further afield (Bucks, Beds and Oxon) and some distance away (near Peterborough and Basingstoke). Paul, our tutor himself had driven over 2 hours from Shropshire. Some of […] Read more
By Nigel Orchard on 23-Feb-2017 - There is currently a lot of breast beating about the future of ringing, the ageing population of ringers and the difficulty of recruiting young people. I have been aware of localised pockets of success reversing this decline as witness the number of teams entering the Ringing World National Youth Contest and the Birmingham teaching programme. […] Read more
By Hilda Ridley on 26-Jan-2017 - I thoroughly enjoyed this day which was well presented with a mix of practical activities and information. There was also time to share experiences, anecdotes and discuss what we had come to learn: teaching bell-handling. Evidence-based research about learning practical skills gave everyone insight into how this is used when teaching a complex skill such […] Read more
By Rob Parker on 10-Jul-2016 - From 1 May 2016, new ART Training Scheme regulations introduced a revised structure to ART Training Scheme Module 2. Introduction of new Module 2F (Foundations) – Teaching from Rounds to Plain Hunt Renaming of legacy Module 2 to Module 2C (Changes) – Teaching Elementary Change Ringing The new Modules provide greater choice, flexibility and opportunity […] Read more
By Rose Nightingale on 16-Jun-2016 - On the 1st October 2016, All Saints’ Marsworth will host our first M2F course (the F stands for ‘Foundations’). The course will be tutored by Paul Lewis. M2F is the newest course developed as part of the ART Training scheme, aimed at supporting teachers who are working with bands ringing from rounds to plain hunt. […] Read more
By Vinni Sullivan on 04-May-2016 - For the last two Sundays the local Wargrave village band has rung rounds on eight for Sunday service; this time last year it was the front 5! Since then we have used the Art Training Scheme, I am a full member of ART and we have four level 2, and four level 1 passes. After […] Read more
By Richard Booth on 15-Sep-2015 - Following an approach from Alan Bentley of Aston Clinton Ringing Centre, an ITTS Module 1 course was arranged at Marsworth with first choice of places being offered to Oxford Diocesan Guild members, with Frank Seabright as tutor. In the event, the number of ODG members booking was rather disappointing and the course was opened up […] Read more