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Mar 2022
Tractor run inspires children's learning in Pateley Bridge
Children were so excited by seeing hundreds of tractors parading through their town a week ago that they have been using the experience to learn.
Many youngsters from Sunflowers Day Nursery in Pateley Bridge watched Knaresborough Young Farmers Club's tractor run on March 13. Some even rode alongside adults in tractors.
The event, which attracted a record 383 tractors, started at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, stopped in Pateley Bridge for lunch and ended in Knaresborough.
Children were overwhelmed by the site of so many tractors.
It made such a big impression on young minds that the nursery adopted tractor-themed learning last week.
Nursery manager Heather Clark Kelly said:
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