PRIMARY school pupils painted their classrooms red, blue and white to fundraise for victims of the Nepalese earthquake.

Children at Oaktree nursery and primary school in Park South donned the colours of the Nepalese flag to raise money for those affected by the quake.

They then arranged themselves by dress colour into the distinctive two-triangle shape of the national flag, with 11-year old Nepalese student Reyes Gurung wearing traditional dress standing at the centre.

The 400 pupils paid 50p each to show their solidarity with Nepal and headteacher Sue Rees said she was moved by the efforts of the children to help those who lost family members, their homes or were injured in the quake.

“I’m incredibly proud of them all, their generosity has been quite overwhelming,” she said. “We’ve tried to deal with the issue sensitively because we have a strong Nepalese community in the school and some students who have relatives still missing.”

The school held a cake sale in conjunction with the dress-down day, with the proceeds, an estimated £500, going towards to an as yet unchosen charity which benefits Nepal.

Sue said: “It is difficult to explain how much of an effect the earthquake has had, especially to the younger students, but from what they do know they all wanted to help. Just being in a situation like that is life-changing.”