By Lucy Chandhial on 06-Feb-2017 - Clyde Whittaker, as a Training Rep for the N&E district, organised a day with Pip Penney of the Association of Ringing Teachers (ART) to introduce the Learn the Ropes scheme and the Module 1 techniques for teaching bell handling to a number of N&E officers and interested others. The day was hosted at St Margaret’s, […] Read more
By ART Administrator on 22-Aug-2016 - On Saturday 15th October, a module 1 course (teaching bell handling) will be held at St Andrew’s, Cherry Hinton – tutored by Geoff Horritt. Module 1 courses are suitable for people who are new to teaching bell handling, but also to more experienced teachers who wish to extend their skills and support other teachers. The […] Read more
By Deborah Margason-Baker on 01-Jul-2016 - ART Training Day Module 1. As part of their amazing commitment to training in the Guild and ringing in general Andy and Sallie Ingram held Winchester and Portsmouth Guild’s first Association of Ringing Teacher’s (ART) Module1 – Teaching bell Handling day course on Saturday 25th June. The day started at 09:00 in The Kings Head […] Read more
By Lesley Belcher on 09-May-2016 - Saturday 7th May saw a celebration of ringing, food and drink at Maids Moreton Church, bringing together the local band, its new ringers and various trainers. What were we celebrating? Well, in mid-January Maids Moreton had hosted a very successful Open Day which elicited a lot of interest in ringing. Advertising was key to getting […] Read more
By Derek Williams on 13-Jan-2016 - Just over 12 months ago three of us from Wellington Cathedral attended Module 1 and 2 courses given just before the Wellington Ringing Festival. We all enjoyed the courses which included some lively discussion as there were several experienced teachers attending. In March this year we recruited six potential ringers from the local university, all […] Read more
By Vinni Sullivan on 22-Oct-2015 - Four ringers at St Mary’s church recently attained Level 1 “Bell Handling” On Sunday 27th September they were presented with their Level 1 certificates, and their teacher was given her ART Module 1 ‘teaching bell handling’ certificate. The five of us then rang rounds for service, albeit only for very short stretches, (and at times […] Read more