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Learning the Ropes :: Level 1
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Level 1 - Bell Handling and Control. Level 1 is aimed at ensuring a new ringer has a strong basic technique. This is important, not only for safety reasons, but in order to facilitate the future progress of the ringer. Ringers have completed Level 1. In some areas this is accomplished in a couple of days or others several sessions over a few weeks. As with other skills it takes a lot of practice at first. From your first lesson, Learning the Ropes builds fundamental bell handling skills including:. Again...
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Learning the Ropes :: Level 2
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Level 2 Foundation Ringing Skills. Level 2 is aimed at building the core skills that are essential for further progression. Foundation skills should be practiced until they are an ‘automatic’ ringing action. Ringers have completed Level 2. Bell ringing is all about working as part of a team, so once you can 'handle' your bell you are introduced to ringing with the rest of the 'band' of ringers. On open or simulated bells, activities start to build skills in ropesight development, bell control and listeni...
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Learning the Ropes :: Level 3
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Level 3 Introduction to Change Ringing. Level 3 takes ringers from Called Changes to Change Ringing, building up to ringing the treble and covering to methods. Ringers have completed Level 3. To get the most out of bell ringing, the challenges lie in change ringing. This is when bell ringers follow a pattern called a method, where the bells change the order in which they strike each time. Skills of moving the bell through the other bells is developed through Plain Hunt on 3, 4 and 5 bells, starting on di...
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Learning the Ropes :: Level 4
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Level 4 Novice Change Ringer. Level 4 reinforces and builds on the skills developed in Level 3. During Level 4, ringers can progress up to ringing methods as part of a band of 5 or 6 ringers. Ringers have completed Level 4. Developing change ringing skills. You will learn about the ‘blue line’ and how the structure of a method can help to make it easier to learn including place bells, passing the treble and understanding bob and single variations. Both pathways build on earlier skills to treble or tenor ...
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Learning the Ropes :: Level 5
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Level 5 Change Ringer. The final Level in the classic Learning the Ropes scheme, Level 5 guides ringers up to confidently ringing methods and onto trebling to complex methods. Ringers have completed Level 5. Become an experienced bell ringer. Level 5 is also split into two pathways, designed to progress on from the pathways in Level 4. Learn a second and different Doubles method. Quarter peal of second/different Doubles method inside. Treble to quarter peal of Plain Bob Minor. Developed skills should be ...
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Learning the Ropes :: New Learning the Ropes Badges available
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New Learning the Ropes Badges available. Brand new Learning the Ropes badges are now available for all ITTS Teachers and ART Members! We’ve had numerous requests to offer badges for Teachers to award to their Ringers as recognition for passing each of the Learning the Ropes. Levels. It’s great to celebrate the completion of each Level and this should making it all the more rewarding for your Ringers. The new badges are 25mm in diameter and are printed with the icon for each Level. To all UK addresses.
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Learning the Ropes :: Learning the Ropes +
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Learning the Ropes ’ aims to provide direction for further challenge and development beyond the Learning the Ropes syllabus. Ringers have completed Learning the Ropes. Learning the Ropes ’ is an awards scheme provided to encourage and to make provision for those ringers who have successfully completed the Learning the Ropes scheme and want to progress further. This scheme is open to all ringers who have used Learning the Ropes scheme or who are members of the Association of Ringing Teachers ART. In order...
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Learning the Ropes :: New Website
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If you've found this page, then you're using the new Learning the Ropes website. It has been an ambition to segregate Learning the Ropes into a separate website, and this has now been achieved. Patrons: The Whiting Society, Paul Flavell, Helen McGregor and Peter Bevis. Reg Charity No 1156971. Association of Ringing Teachers 2016.
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Learning the Ropes :: 50/50 Club
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Welcome to the ART LtR 50/50 CLUB. We invite you all to join the brand new ART LtR 50/50 CLUB! The CLUB supports the charitable Association of Ringing Teachers in delivering training for Teachers and Ringers for the 21st Century. 50/50 Club Joining form and Information. Many people already know of and may belong to one or more of these kind of clubs, also called 100 or 200 clubs, but for those who don’t it is very simple:. Everyone with a SmART Ringer username/login can join the 50/50 CLUB that’s all Lea...
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Learning the Ropes :: For Parents
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Learning the Ropes for Parents. Why Learning the Ropes? Learning the Ropes therefore provides experienced and well-trained Teachers, who can deliver a progressive learning scheme that reinforces fundamental ‘foundation’ skills, facilitates group teaching sessions and commonality between towers. Additionally, by providing basic assessments that ringers must pass before progressing, it fosters a great sense of achievement when passing each Level. Who teaches Learning the Ropes? Learning the Ropes is intend...
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