Are you looking to learn how to teach bell handling, or are you keen to get some new ideas on how to approach this activity? If so, we plan to run an Association of Ringing Teachers (ART) course later this year/early next and this could be just what you need.
If you aren’t familiar with ART, do have a look here: https://bellringing.org. This is a great place to discover masses of information about ringing in general, the ART organisation and how to learn or brush up your teaching skills.
Details of the module will be found here: https://bellringing.org/about-teaching/teaching-modules
The cost of a day course is £30 and you will also need to either bring your lunch or join the group at a local pub. There is a tower fee to pay of £5 on top of your course fee and lunch costs. (If this is prohibitive for anyone, do consider applying for a course grant which I can help you with.) Once I have six ringers indicating interest, I can approach ART to set up a course for us, agree a date and a tower. So, the first step if you are keen to do the course is to reply on this email to let me know. Please check that you would meet the criteria detailed below.
Module 1 entry requirements:
- You need to be aged 14 or over.
- You need to have sufficiently good bell control to be able to demonstrate a good bell handling style to a new ringer, with no handling faults.
- You need to be able to comfortably raise and lower a bell.
- We expect that you should easily be able to pass the Learning the Ropes Level 2 handling assessment.
Once we have a group of interested members, I will set up a poll to find out which date suits everyone best.
Best wishes,
Beth
===================
Beth Johnson
Education Officer, EACR
———————————
education@eacr.org.uk