RTE has announced a new Home School Hub programming series for primary school pupils to learn from home.
With school closures extended, the national broadcaster has developed a series of TV programmes and online resources to give children fun daily lessons.
RTÉ Home School Hub will air on on RTÉ2 from next Monday 30 March, each morning from 11am to 12 noon. Bilingual teachers will present three short class segments aimed at 1st and 2nd class, 3rd and 4th class and 5th and 6th class. The programme will keep the kids watching and learning for the hour and then redirect them to fun content and project work that will be housed on rte.ie/learn and RTÉ Player.
A catch-up programme later in the day, RTÉ Home School Extra at 4.15pm, is a takeover format, where primary school kids from all over the country can reconnect by uploading and posting video messages and content that RTÉ will showcase.
RTÉ and Macalla Teo, with support from Mary Immaculate College, have collaborated to introduce this cross-platform teaching initiative.
All content will be presented by primary school teachers, modeled, and curated around the existing primary school curriculum.
Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD said: ‘This is a great initiative, so well done to everyone involved in bringing it together so quickly. RTÉ is doing its bit to bring the classroom to the living room. We are hearing about innovative and dedicated teachers all across the country finding new ways to support children’s learning while not in the classroom.
“This RTÉ Home School Hub will support and complement the ongoing efforts of teachers. Well done to RTÉ for stepping up to the plate to produce the Home School Hub which will undoubtedly complement all of the other efforts by teachers. Tá súil agam go mbainfidh gach dalta taitneamh as.’”