Teaching Course - Module 2F, Holy Trinity, Darlington, County Durham
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
Module 2F practical sessions have a greater focus on the foundation skills – how to teach call changes, an exploration of kaleidoscope ringing, and different ways to introduce covering and Plain Hunt.
Theory sessions include the development of coaching skills.
Lunch, and refreshments will be available during the day, costing £10 (paid locally in cash please).
This course is currently in its early booking window and is protected by a PIN for 14 days to allow local ringers a priority booking opportunity. After the 13th May, the PIN will be removed and any remaining places will be available for general booking.
Event Details
| Event Start | Sat 04-Jul-2026 09:00 |
| Event End | Sat 04-Jul-2026 17:00 |
| Registration Closes(Cut-off) | Fri 19-Jun-2026 12:00 |
| Capacity | 10 |
| Registered | 0 |
| Available places | 10 |
| Event Fee | £35 per attendee + £10 local donations for hot drinks, lunch and tower contribution |
| 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 need to be able to comfortably raise and lower a bell. You can ring at least Plain Hunt. 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 | Holy Trinity, Darlington, Co Durham |
Team
Christine Richardson
Tutor
Christine learned to ring in 1981 at Christ Church, North Shields and it’s safe to say she was smitten from the first lesson. “How hard can it be?”, quickly became a challenge to get it right. A house move to Sunderland soon meant that she was ringing at 5 practice nights per week, with weddings on Saturdays and service ringing on Sundays. A wide variety of methods (and bells) as well as a keen nucleus of local ringers who took her under their wing, gave her a good grounding in basic methods as well as the chance to progress to more complex methods when appropriate.