ART students visited a chemical works to learn about creativity in industry.
Pupils from Greenfield School Community and Arts College, in Newton Aycliffe, visited Hydro Polymers, in the town, to learn about the firm's Thinking Outside the Box initiative.
The initiative uses creative thinking on a daily basis to boost workplace efficiency and implement improvements.
The school's community arts co-ordinator, Katy Milne, said: "The project aims to teach children that creativity is not something that is only useful in disciplines such as literature and painting, but is a skill that is heavily sought by employers.
"Hydro Polymers was the perfect place to demonstrate these ideas, where the children were given the chance to try their hands at teamwork-based problem-solving with the plant's quality control team."
The firm's quality control facilitator, Mark Hindmarch, said: "We hoped to offer a unique perspective into how creativity and imagination are both relevant and valuable to roles in industry."
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