Teaching Course - Module 2C, Dunblane Cathedral, Dunblane, Scotland
About this course:
This course shows new and experienced teachers how to support their students and develop the necessary foundation skills for good ringing and then move forward to ringing changes.
The practical exercises approach learning in small structured steps and are delivered in a way that is entertaining for the new ringer whilst the theory sessions cover foundation skills, teaching theory, running practices, team building and how to motivate and retain your ringers.
You will learn through a mixture of practical and classroom sessions
- Foundation skills
- Call Changes
- Kaleidoscope ringing
- Standing behind
- Plain Hunting
The foundation skill techniques are covered in the practical sessions, and you then move on to concentrate on the development of change ringing skills using exercises and unusual methods to aid learning.
The transition from Plain Hunt to Plain Bob Doubles and Plain Bob Minor is broken down into several simpler, shorter steps, making the jump into change ringing both more gradual and understandable to the new ringer.
The theory sessions turn the spotlight on developing leadership skills.
Hot drinks will be provided, but delegates are advised to bring their own packed lunch.
Event Details
| Event Start | Sat 07-Nov-2026 09:30 |
| Event End | Sat 07-Nov-2026 17:30 |
| Registration Closes(Cut-off) | Fri 23-Oct-2026 12:00 |
| Capacity | 8 |
| Registered | 0 |
| Available places | 8 |
| Event Fee | £35 per attendee |
| Event Prerequisites | You must be a bell-ringing teacher (or would-be teacher) aged 14 or over. You must have sufficiently good bell control to be able to inspire confidence in others. You must have the ability to comfortably ring up and down in peal. You must have rung a quarter peal on an inside bell of Bob Minor standard or above, recorded on Bellboard. We expect that you should easily be able to pass the Learning the Ropes Level 2 handling assessment. For more information, see bellringing.org/about-teaching/bell-handling/#GoodHandlingStyle |
| Location | Dunblane Cathedral, Dunblane, Scotland |
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Team
Judith Frye
Tutor
Judith learned to ring at Leeds University as a student, making rapid progress with a good band.
Her career took her to Nottingham where she rang at St Mary’s and then to South Wales ringing at Llandaff Cathedral. The past 40 years or so have mainly been spent in Dunblane, with a few years in the south of France (great fun but a barren time for ringing!) Judith was Tower Captain at Dunblane for 21 years and is still very involved with training new ringers there. She is the Training Officer for the Scottish Association of Change Ringers. She met her husband Chris at University (in the tower naturally) and their 4 grown up children are all ringers too.
Aside from ringing, Judith is a keen musician playing violin with the Stirling Orchestra and handbells with the Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ringers. Since her retirement from IT project management, she has more time for all her hobbies, including managing the later stages of the development of ART’s new SmART Ringer software.
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