Teaching Course M1 - St Columb Major, Cornwall
About this course:
Suitable for those who already teach bell handling and want to update their skills AND for those who have never taught anyone to handle a bell, Module 1 provides you with the skills and techniques necessary to take a ringer from their first lesson to having competent bell control.
You will learn through a mixture of practical and classroom sessions:
- How to teach a skill
- How to break down bell handling into easy stages that the new ringer can master
- About different learning types and how to adapt your teaching for them
- The benefits of intensive teaching
The practical sessions will give you plenty of time to practise your new skills in a safe environment. Working in pairs you will also have opportunity to hone your observation skills and get feedback on your feedback.
Please note, the lunch break is limited to one hour. A pasty lunch is available locally for £8 (delegates please specify to the course organiser whether a meat pasty or cheese and onion is preferred).
This course is currently in its 14 day early booking window and is protected by a PIN number until the 4th September to allow local delegates the first opportunity to register. After this date, the PIN will be removed and any remaining places will be available for general booking.
Event Details
| Event Start | Sat 17-Oct-2026 09:00 |
| Event End | Sat 17-Oct-2026 17:00 |
| Registration Closes(Cut-off) | Fri 02-Oct-2026 12:00 |
| Capacity | 12 |
| Registered | 0 |
| Available places | 12 |
| Event Fee | £35 per attendee + optional pasty lunch for £8 (meat or cheese and onion). |
| 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 and an ability 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. For more information, see bellringing.org/about-teaching/bell-handling/#GoodHandlingStyle |
| Location | St Columb Major, Cornwall |
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Team
Phil Tremain
Tutor
Phil learned to ring aged 11 at St Columb Major, Cornwall where he was tower captain for the past quarter of a century. He served the Truro DG as Public Relations Officer for over 30 years, and spent a three year term as President.
Despite having been teaching ringing for decades Phil firmly believes that there is always something new to learn. He is a full member of ART, having been accredited for Modules 1 & 2F; in recent years has become an ART Assessor, and now also a Tutor.
Early retirement after a career in IT left more time for bellringing, including convening the Kernow Old Codgers mid-week group. He also organises Pydar Improvers practices (affectionately known as PIMPS!) for ringers across the Pydar Deanery and beyond, and with the support of other teachers in the area recently registered the Pydar School of Bellringing as an ART teaching hub.
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