After 58 hours of lessons and 560,000 streams on the RTÉ Player, RTÉ's much-appreciated Home School Hub winds to a close this week with a big finale that will include a special graduation concert featuring the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, plus guests Kelly Harrington, Dermot Bannon, and Sinead Burke.
To wrap things up this week, Múinteoir Cliona rockets into space and teaches us David Bowie's Starman while telling us about the constellation; Múinteoir 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 Múinteoir, is back to do his most explosive test yet. Meanwhile, Múinteoir John will talk about the importance of pride, and teaches everybody about the National Anthem.
Guests to the show include Ireland's favorite architect, 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!
Speaking about his impressive career, Bannon explains that playing with Lego was what inspired him to be an architect - watch the clip below.
For those looking to follow in Dermot's footsteps, the architect recommends getting out the pen and paper. By drawing your house or school or local shop, you can practice sketching and designing buildings. From there, you can let your imagination run free by adding anything your heart desires.
Wouldn't school be much better if there were rollercoasters and waterslides?
Later in the week, Kellie Harrington, a 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 RTÉ 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 Sinéad Burke gives another insight into her beautiful mind. And scientist and engineer Niamh Shaw will teach viewers all about the sun and the stars.
