KidCast - RTÉ Kids

Love sport? You’re in the right place! This episode sees Mr. Nolan’s 6th class at Mary Mother of Hope SNS bring the listener into the thick of the action! There’s trivia, jokes, a riddle and a special guest interview! Stick around until the final whistle where the answers to the riddle will be revealed!

Sports mad Vincent joins Céire to teach her a thing or two about the world of sport! He is helped by a Kerry GAA team, a young Scots girl and a familiar face who is off to the world cup! Plus Women’s Rugby Giant Fiona Coghlan, and Céire is glad she is not in the hot seat for Tilly’s Sports Game - how will you do?!

Is there no end to the talents of Múinteoir O’ Cearnaigh’s Rang a Sé at Gaeilscoil na Lochanna?! In this week’s episode we hear their rap, song, interviews with Rang a Dó and a snippet from their rewriting of Irish legend Diarmuid agus Gráinne! But we won’t give away the ending, we’ll leave that to Aodhán!

This week Ireland celebrates St. Patrick’s Day and KidCast celebrates all things Irish! In our very special bilingual episode host Annabelle takes us around the country and across Galway Bay to the Aran Islands, exploring our language, culture and music. Bain sult as!

Céire hits the long road to Tipperary to meet Ms Moore’s 3rd Class at Clerihan National School. Their show shares all of their work with the Irish School’s Sustainability Network in the class and beyond.

It’s all about looking after our planet this week. Céire and Oisín explore eco-friendly transport, veganism and climate change. We get an Indian perspective from Siyona, Ava tells us about sustainable toys and 16 year old environmental activist Flossie inspires us with her beach cleaning.

KidCast School Tour heads to Scoil Diarmada, Castledermot. Alex introduces us to Mr. Murphy’s 6th class who have been busy making a robot for ESB Science Blast. Fin, Ciara and sassy Sophia tell us about their VEX IQ, Ms. McKenna and Ms. Harris are interrogated by Evan and we hear some funny robot jokes.

We’re ‘Back with the Future’ of KidCast, that is Series 2! Hosts Céire and Caoimhe hear about Albert Einstein, purple spaghetti and self inflating balloons! And Prof. Luke O’Neill pops by to tell us all about the world of immunology.

Our final episode of KidCast for series 1 and a wonderfully relaxing train ride to studio- or is it?! Ceire and Hazel (9) try to beat Cormac in Mystery Sounds, we hear about a very special granny’s paella from sisters Isabel and Clara in Spain, we visit Ruby at June Blakes garden and Pete the Vet stops on When I Grow Up.

An exhilarating jump through the skies bring Céire and Sean to a more comfortable recording location. Sean tells us how planes work, he catches up with Bebe and Astrid in Canada and we hear from young cellists Harry and Joseph. If you have aspirations to be an illustrator you’ll want to stay tuned to When I Grow Up with Sheena Dempsey too!