A SCHOOL teacher juggled teaching a lesson about the devastation of Nepal’s earthquakes while cycling 80 kilometres on an exercise bike to raise money for the tragedy.

Head of geography at Bury Grammar School Boys, Tracey Taylor smashed her target of completing the cycle in four hours, finishing in three hours and 35 minutes.

Mrs Taylor, a cycling coach at Cycle Sport Pendle, began teaching her pupils about extreme tourism before the first earthquake rocked Nepal on April 25, measuring 7.9 magnitudes on the Richter scale.

The second 7.3 magnitude-quake on May 12 killed at least 110 people, which came as Nepal was reeling from the first natural disaster.

In total the quakes have killed more than 8,000 people and injured many more.

Mrs Taylor said: “We added up the height of all nine peaks in Nepal and I decided I would cycle the 80 kilometres to raise money for the children in Nepal.

“It’s tied in with the boy’s non-uniform day and coincided with their learning about extreme tourism in Nepal.

“The children have learnt about rescues on the peaks and how bikes are now actually being used to get food and resources to more remote areas.”

George Lloyd, aged 11, a pupil in Mrs Taylor’s form, said: “She did really well. It was a big challenge for a good cause.

“A lot of children don’t have homes in Nepal any more so by donating our money we will hopefully improve their lives.”

Pupils participating in the non-uniform day donated to Unicef supporting the children in Nepal - and, in total with Mrs Taylor’s bike ride, the school raised £1,558.

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Nepal Earthquake Appeal received £50 million in donations within the first two weeks since it launched.