FILM-making, cooking, art, rock school, mad science and fashion are just some of the activities Backwell School pupils have enjoyed as part of enrichment week.

North Somerset Times: Video film making.Video film making. (Image: Archant)

The school put on a host of exciting and innovative activities and trips throughout the week to boost students’ education.

North Somerset Times: Textiles and clothes design.Textiles and clothes design. (Image: Archant)

Nearly 400 pupils chose to go on trips to Paris, the Isle of Wight or Great Wood in Somerset while the rest opted to take part in activities in Backwell.

North Somerset Times: Photography.Photography. (Image: Archant)

School-based activities included courses such as cool cooks, safari challenge, fashion fix, the photographer, and creative media where students painted murals at Backwell Leisure Centre and in the school’s music department.

North Somerset Times: Cake making and baking.Cake making and baking. (Image: Archant)

Marie Davis, enrichment and community co-ordinator at the school, said: “Staff have worked incredibly hard both on the residential trips and here in school to make the week a success.”

North Somerset Times: Cake making and baking.Cake making and baking. (Image: Archant)

North Somerset Times: Textiles and clothes design.Textiles and clothes design. (Image: Archant)

North Somerset Times: Cake making and baking.Cake making and baking. (Image: Archant)

North Somerset Times: Mural painting at the sports centre.Mural painting at the sports centre. (Image: Archant)

North Somerset Times: Mural painting at the sports centre.Mural painting at the sports centre. (Image: Archant)