Humfree - The Firs Rhino - See him outside the Chester Visitors Centre near the town hall

We were excited at the opportunity to participate in Chester’s huge art exhibition ‘Rhino Mania’.  The trail will include over a hundred rhinos from Cheshire West and Chester schools from July for 10 weeks.

With conservation and the environment being a hot topic, this project and supporting educational material enabled us to incorporate learning about the plight of the rhinos into the curriculum as well as holding an exciting design competition.

Each child was given a template to create a rhino design for the school and winners were selected from each class or year group.

The overall winners were Olivia Durnall and Charles Lanni from year 5 who were outraged by rhinos being killed by poachers for their horns. Their designs were amalgamated to paint onto the sculpture with Fir trees replacing apple trees to represent the school.

All of the winners formed the painting team who worked fantastically and enthusiastically to paint the sculpture. It was an exciting challenge that the whole school has become proud of. Many children have told me that they have spotted ‘Humfree’ in location outside the Visitor’s Centre near the Town Hall. ( From September he will return to take up residence in our school grounds!)

Enjoy the photographs of the work in progress and indeed the city’s wonderful exhibition.

Thanks to all involved for their energy and creativity!

Join the stampede at www.rhinomania.co.uk