On Wednesday 7th September a group of children from Belarus came to visit us at Applegrove and join in some activities. The children are staying with families in Moray as part of the ‘Friends of Chernobyl Moray’ charity. The children live in an area which is still affected by the after effects of a nuclear accident which happened there almost 30 years ago. The children visit Forres for one month each year for five years and stay with the same family each year. They are given dental and health checks and lots of opportunities to enjoy the fresh Moray air. They also visit lots of local places and we were delighted that they came to visit us at Applegrove. They joined us in assembly where we sang one of our favourite songs ‘welcome everybody’ We  sang the welcome part in Russian ‘Dubro Pozhalovat’. The children visited P4FL who had made a card for each of the 19 children with greetings in Russian. They shook hands and introduced themselves in Russian too . Finally the pupils went outside to enjoy some outdoor learning experiences with 6W, play some games and have a snack inside our school tepee . It was a great experience for both Belorussian and Scottish pupils.