Children from Carlton have visited a roadworks site near their school to learn more about how roads are built and repaired.
Pupils from Westdale Infant School and children at Hazel Hurst Nursery were invited to get a closer look at the works by Tarmac and Nottinghamshire County Council, who are carrying out the repairs in Westdale Lane.
They were given a tour of the site by workers and told about how roads are built, as well as learning about health and safety.
Cadets from the local Air Training Corps were also invited to tour the site in the evening.
Jayne Piper, school manager at Hazel Hurst Nursery, said the children really enjoyed the visit.
She said: “We have been so impressed by the time that all the lovely gents and ladies at Tarmac have taken today to show our children the work that they are carrying out on the road outside our school.
“The children loved wearing their hi-vis jackets and hats and being able to climb inside the monster machines, which was a highlight of the day. It was brilliant.”
Nottinghamshire County Council engineer Steve Whylds was one of the people showing children around the site on the day.
He said: “When carrying out carriageway resurfacing schemes of this type near a school, Nottinghamshire County Council and Tarmac try whenever possible to do so during school holiday periods to help keep disruption to a minimum. Because of other work commitments we were unable to do so on this occasion so took the opportunity to invite the local school children to the site to show them the removal and laying of the tarmac surfaces.
“This was a great local community success with the children enjoying safe and co-ordinated access to the specialised paving machinery”
