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Thursday, 28 February 2008, 18:40 GMT

Web launch in Northern Ireland

Pupils from Little Flower Girls School and Belfast Boys Model School interviewed Northern Ireland Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, Edwin Poots, in the BBC Stormont Live Studio

It is now possible to keep up-to-date with School Report in Northern Ireland via a dedicated BBC website.

The BBC Northern Ireland School Report site, which launched on Tuesday 26 February, provides information about 12 schools taking part in the news-making initiative.

BBC Northern Ireland School Report website

It contains student profiles, and diaries, projects and reports from students at:

Belfast Boys' Model School, Belfast
Newtownhamilton High School, County Down
Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch
Strangford Integrated College, Carrowdore
St Catherine's College, Armagh
Tor Bank Special School, Belfast
Wallace High School, Lisburn
Limavady High School, Limavady
Glengormley High School, Newtownabbey
St Cecilia's College, Londonderry
St Joseph's Boys School, Derry
Little Flower Girls' School, Belfast

The website will also feature School Reporters who are broadcasting on the Hugo Duncan, Alan Simpson and Stephen Nolan radio show between 10-14 March, and on BBC Newsline on Thursday 13 March - the UK-wide News Day.

After the news, viewers will be able to see behind the School Report scenes using the red button service.

In addition, the BBC Northern Ireland News website will report on news-making activities in schools throughout the week of School Report News Day.

BBC Northern Ireland News website

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