After 58 hours of lessons and 560,000 streams on the RT Player, RT 's much-appreciated Home School Hub winds to a close next week with a big finale that will include a special graduation concert featuring the RT Concert Orchestra, plus guests Kelly Harrington, Dermot Bannon, and Sinead Burke.
Since it began on 30 March 2020, the cross-platform teaching initiative produced by Macalla Teo, with support from Mary Immaculate College, has resulted in 1.2 million unique page views to date to the RT .ie/learn portal; 348 bespoke bilingual activity sheets; 58 hours of Irish Sign Language; 15 hours of user-generated content and peer-to-peer engagement showcased on the Home School Hub Extra programme, and huge engagement across social media. The series has had a one-minute reach of 49% among kids, with 372,000 tuning in.
Suzanne Kelly, Head of Children's and Young People's Content for RT , said: It has been a phenomenal success. The feedback received from across the board - parents, teachers and most importantly kids - has been universally positive. This level of engagement and the number of return viewers illustrates quite clearly that the audience love and trust the show. We're so pleased that it has meant as much to the kids and parents out there as it has meant to all of us involved. There have been so many highlights - from Lenny Abrahamson giving a film class, to having full access to a crowd free Dublin Zoo, to getting the RT Concert Orchestra to perform with Allie Sherlock in the school yard for the final graduation. It's been a privilege for all of us involved in Home School Hub to give busy parents a bit of a break and to keep our children's minds active and to introduce them to a new set of pals at a time when they couldn't be with their own.'
Over Home School Hub's three months on air, which reached children nationwide through learning, laughter, and even the Modh Coinniallach, the teachers on screen - Cliona, Ray, and John - became household names
Teacher Ray Cuddihy said: Working on Home School Hub has been a wonderful experience. We worked hard to make the series as engaging and inclusive as possible. The support of people like Dr Emer Ring of Mary Immaculate College in Limerick has been of vital encouragement for me. The children's natural curiosity and sense of fun is really inspiring and I can't thank them enough.'
John Sharpson said: It has been incredible. Seeing children all over Ireland interacting with the lessons we are teaching on screen has been very rewarding.' Cliona Ni Chiosain added: If it has helped or made a difference to one child's life in lockdown our job is done.'
Next week, M inteoir Cliona rockets into space and teaches us David Bowie's Starman while telling us about the constellation; M inteoir Ray is going to show us how to make a Time Capsule and will share his thoughts on what to put into it; and Phil, our crazy science M inteoir, is back to do his most explosive test yet. Meanwhile, M inteoir John will talk about the importance of pride, and teaches everybody about the National Anthem.
Guests to the show next week include Dermot Bannon, who will drop in and show us what he looked like in short trousers when he lived in Egypt and was being homeschooled by his mum! Kelly Harrington, gold medal winning boxer drops in for one last pep talk Artist Will Sliney joins us for a final installment of #wewilldraw. Instagram sensation and future music legend Allie Sherlock gives a graduation concert accompanied by the RT Concert Orchestra, performing Justin Timberlake's Can't Stop the Feeling and Green Day's Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). Writer, advocate and teacher Sin ad Burke gives another insight into her beautiful mind. And scientist and engineer Niamh Shaw will teach viewers all about the sun and the stars.
Notes:
-RT 's Home School Hub will end its current run in tandem with the national primary school year up to 19 June 2020.
-The ISL version of the series will remain in its current slot 1pm on RT 2 for the remainder of its run up until 7 July 2020
Most recent headlines
09/11/2025
Dalet today announced a transformative leap forward for media operations: Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) that unifies the Dalet ecosystem under one natura...
28/10/2025
ESPN Announces Monsters Funday Football', Its Latest Real-Time Animated Bro...
28/10/2025
SVG All-Stars: Catherine Chalfant, Manager, Remote Operations, ESPNThe Ole Miss alum is an operational force behind ESPN's extensive college-football catalo...
28/10/2025
Elevating the experience: AI and data take Ryder Cup to the next level By Joe OHalloran
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 10:25
Print This Story
NBC produced th...
28/10/2025
Conquering the Air (waves): Taking a close up look at the IBC Accelerator Priva...
28/10/2025
World Series 2025: Spectrum SportsNet LA Brings Dodgers Fans Closer to the Actio...
28/10/2025
Dylan Southern and Benedict Cumberbatch at the premiere of The Thing with Feathers (photo by George Pimentel / Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival)...
28/10/2025
For three weeks in Lagos, Spotify's Greasy Tunes Caf pop-up brought the cit...
28/10/2025
Once a niche subculture, German rap has evolved into an influential cultural movement. Now, Spotify is giving the genre a new home with OFFCULT, a playlist dedi...
28/10/2025
Shane Delia's Malta serves up the Mediterranean this summer
28 October, 2025
Media releases
Feast on 9,000 years of culinary history Mondays from 24 No...
28/10/2025
SBS's global sporting festival continues with the FIVB Beach Volleyball Worl...
28/10/2025
Bilbao, October 28, 2025 - AgileTV, a leading technology solutions company for t...
28/10/2025
Disney, NBCUniversal, FOX, Paramount Each Achieve Double-Digit Monthly Growth
...
28/10/2025
CINCINNATI The E.W. Scripps Company has announced an agreement to sell WRTV, its local ABC-affiliated station in Indianapolis, to Circle City Broadcasting for $...
28/10/2025
Berklee College of Music and Berklee Valencia Named to Billboards 2025 Top Music...
28/10/2025
NEW YORK As AI usage continues to spike, a new study from IAB delves into an important aspect of how AI is transforming the advertising business with new data s...
28/10/2025
Charlie Jablonski, a broadcast tech pioneer who helped shape the modern era of Olympics television coverage, died Oct. 25 at his home in Lake George N.Y., the N...
28/10/2025
VIENNA, Austria Bitmovin has launched Bitmovin Observability, a new stand-alone video data solution that delivers real-time insights into video playback. The so...
28/10/2025
LOS ANGELES LucidLink, the file streaming platform, has announced a Frame.io integration and expanded mobile capabilities at Adobe Max....
28/10/2025
Mediagenix, a global leader in smart content solutions to profitably connect the right content to the right audience, today announced that it has joined the Ama...
28/10/2025
Lightware, an industry leader in connectivity and signal management solutions, has announced a major update to its Taurus
platform, which now delivers flawless...
28/10/2025
Following a successful mid-September International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam, Hiltron Communications will promote its full range of satellite communi...
28/10/2025
Open Broadcast Systems has chosen MC&S (Media Consulting & Services) as a reseller to help strengthen its presence in France.
With over twenty years of experi...
28/10/2025
Bitmovin, leading provider of video streaming solutions, has launched Bitmovin Observability, a new stand-alone video data solution that delivers real-time insi...
28/10/2025
Ease Live, the leader in interactive TV technology, today announced the successful launch of interactive graphical overlays for UEFA Champions League matches fo...
28/10/2025
LucidLink, the file streaming platform, today at Adobe MAX announced a Frame.io integration and expanded mobile capabilities, streamlining collaboration and hel...
28/10/2025
ATLANTA Gray Media has promoted Nick Hasenecz to general manager of WNDU, its NBC affiliate in the South Bend-Elkhart, Ind., market....
28/10/2025
Applications Open for Berklee Fenway Neighborhood Improvement Grant Boston nonprofits can apply by December 12 for funding to support community projects that ...
28/10/2025
28 Oct 2025
VEON's JazzCash Wins Silver Award for Innovation in Lending at ...
28/10/2025
Guests include Wayne Rooney, Maya Jama, Dame Laura Kenny, Chloe Kelly, Chris McC...
28/10/2025
The two-hour special, recorded live from the iconic Dolby Theatre in LA, will ai...
28/10/2025
Eutelsat upgrades teleports with Rohde & Schwarz satellite uplink amplifiers High efficiency and resilient Ku-band amplifiers for excellent RF performance
...
28/10/2025
These appointments come at a pivotal time for ABC, as the organisation continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of a digital-first media ecosystem. The ne...
28/10/2025
Scripps Research awarded $4 million to advance platform for neurodevelopmental disorders The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) grant support...
27/10/2025
You can touch this: Haptics becoming central to the virtual live experience By Adrian Pennington
Friday, October 24, 2025 - 09:12
Print This Story
The vid...
27/10/2025
A tale of two trailers: France's Stop & Go doubles up with its new hybrid tr...
27/10/2025
Pro Padel League Stages City's Cup Finals Inside NYC's Hammerstein Ballr...
27/10/2025
World Series 2025: Sportsnet Delivers Made-in-Canada' Moment for a Nation U...
27/10/2025
ESPN Extends Partnership With Sony's Beyond Sports To Expand Animated Altern...
27/10/2025
Reid Davenport attends the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Life After at The Ray Theatre on January 27, 2025, in Park City, UT. (Photo by Robin Marsha...
27/10/2025
As the days grow shorter and the nights get darker, there's nothing like getting swept up in a story that sends shivers down your spine. In honor of spooky ...
27/10/2025
UPDATE: Both parties have reached a new carriage agreement....
27/10/2025
LONDON As Hollywood jumps into the production of mini-dramas, a new study from Ampere Analysis finds that more than one in 10 internet users have watched drama ...
27/10/2025
LONDON Yealink, a provider of unified communication and collaboration solutions, has joined the NDI ecosystem with the availability of its SmartVision 80 premiu...
27/10/2025
ATLANTA Gray Media has named Chris Conroy as general manager of its stations in Cleveland, leading WOIO, a CBS affiliate, The CW station WUAB and Telemundo outl...
27/10/2025
ESPOO, Finland European connectivity leaders Nokia and Ericsson, have partnered with Berlin's Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), to shape and drive ...
27/10/2025
PHILADELPHIA Comcast has expanded NOW TV Latino, its Spanish-language live TV and streaming offering, adding five more channels from Univision, ViX Premium with...
27/10/2025
Test & measurement innovator, Leader Electronics, will present its latest products and solutions at InterBEE 2025 (Hall 5, Booth 5218) Makuhari Messe in Chiba, ...
27/10/2025
Back to All News
City of Shadows, the New Netflix Thriller Arrives on December 12
Entertainment
27 October 2025
GlobalSpain
Link copied to clipboard
Downl...
After 58 hours of lessons and 560,000 streams on the RT Player, RT 's much-appreciated Home School Hub winds to a close next week with a big finale that will include a special graduation concert featuring the RT Concert Orchestra, plus guests Kelly Harrington, Dermot Bannon, and Sinead Burke.
