Schools Rhinos

Top marks to all our Rhino Super-Schools!

Rudheath Community Primary School pupils painting Rudheath Rhino
The Rhino Mania Schools Programme is generously supported by Bank of America and Cheshire West & Chester Council

The Rhino Mania Schools'
Programme is a wonderful
showcase for thousands of children
who unleashed their imagination to produce over 116 colourful and creative mini rhinos.

Thanks to the support of Bank of America and Cheshire West  & Chester Council, we are thrilled that almost every primary school got involved, making it the biggest art education project in the whole of the UK this year!

You can see their mini rhinos hiding out all over, in cafes, shops and businesses. Download the Schools Trail Map for the exact location of the mini rhinos and see below for the full schools roll call of honour.

And now... the complete listing of Schools Rhinos

Rocky

Acresfield Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Henri Lloyd
Description: All children across the school sent in their designs, then looked at their ideas as a whole to decide on a key theme. The design focuses on African patterns and colours, interspersed with important messages about conservation.

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Serengeti Betty

Antrobus St Mark's Church of England Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Lindt
Description: Serengeti Betty was created by a Year 6 pupil. It was inspired by the rhino's habitat and the many different animals which roam the savanna. The sun rises on the rhino's stomach over grasslands and a variety of creatures. An acacia tree can be seen growing up the rhino's legs.

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Bam Bam

BAM Nuttall competition winner - designed and painted by Callum Miller Aged 10
Location: Chatwins, Chester
Description: "I had just got a pound for sweets off my mum and decided to draw around it to create my design and colour in the circles." Callum

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Rupert

Barton and Weaverham Children's Centre
Location: Store, 10 Queen Street, Chester
Description: The inspiration for Rupert came from a real life baby rhino orphaned when the Zambezi Valley was flooded to make way for the Kariba Dam. Young people and families worked on the design, with every child inscribing their name on the finished artwork as a lasting reminder of their creative communities working together.

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Buzz

Belgrave Primary School
Location: Chester Library
Description: Children and staff named their bumble bee rhino 'Buzz' and incorporated their school emblem - a bee within a hexagon honeycomb. They added a montage of their children’s faces by sticking hexagon shaped photos of every child onto black and yellow stripes.

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Disco

Black Firs Primary
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Cadbury
Description: The children gave their rhino a Black Firs jumper so he could really feel part of school. They looked at patterns from the rhino’s various homelands and created a patchwork design of different textures and animal skins, enabling each child to feel ownership of part of the rhino.

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Derek

Brookside Primary School
Location: Grosvenor Garden Centre
Description: The children in Year 6 have been working on the topic 'Is Planet Earth in danger?’ and expanded on the theme by completing the ‘Animals in Danger’ survey at Chester Zoo. They chose to represent these vulnerable animals on their rhino, along with their need for our protection.

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Handy

Brookside Primary School
Location: A Taste of Grosvenor
Description: The children in Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 have been studying ‘friendship’ and the rewards of getting on with each other. After painting the rhino green like their school uniform, a colourful handprint of each child was added to symbolise their friendship with each other.

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Hola Mexico

Bunbury Aldersey Primary School The Sandstone Partnership
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Tripp
Description: Bunbury Aldersey’s school cluster group looked at the different cultures of the countries participating in the World Cup. Their chosen country and culture was Mexico and many elements including their food, music, national flag and clothing inspired Lewis Neal’s design.

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Weather Rhino

Burton Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School
Location: Leonidas Belgian Chocolate and Coffee
Description: All the children in school submitted a design idea for this rhino. These ranged from flags to footballs, buttons to blobs and everything in between. The final artwork was painted by every child in the school and illustrates the chosen theme of four children: the ever changing British weather!

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Rhilmer

Calveley Primary School The Sandstone Partnership
Location: Beau Perry, Bridge Street Row East
Description: Children have been looking at 'Elmer the Elephant' in literacy and art. They thought it would be a good idea for the elephant to have a rhino as a friend. They imagined that if the rhino looked like Elmer, the elephant would not feel so lonely.

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Tiggy Tub Tub

Cambridge Road Community Primary & Nursery School
Location: Debenhams - Browns of Chester
Description: The design for Tiggy Tub Tub is the result of a Key Stage 2 competition. Children drew inspiration from a range of subjects including their school community and the natural world. The final creation is a combination of the three winning designs and was painted in ‘Art Club’ by children from Years 2 to 6.

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Ramsey

Capenhurst Grange School
Location: Gap, Northgate Street
Description: All pupils in this school contributed ideas for this design including colourful head dresses and even extra armour to protect it from harm. The final design incorporates African textiles, bright colours, bold black patterns and white graffiti-style messages.

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Ramla the Rhino

Charles Darwin Community Primary School
Location: McDonald's, The Forum
Description: This rhino was created by Year 2 children who explored different textures and prints from various African animals then selected the patterns they liked most before creating their rhino using acrylics.

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Marvin

Cherry Grove Primary School
Location: Allisons of Chester, Godstall Lane
Description: Cherry Grove celebrated its centenary in May this year and this important time is recognised in their rhino design. The original design was created by Lucy Moore who took inspiration from the school’s name and emblem.

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Reggie Our Rhino

Childer Thornton School
Location: Eco Chic Boutique, Christleton Road
Description: This rhino design is a combination of two pupils called Georgina. Georgina in Year 4 created the original Indian design and Georgina in Year 6 supervised the painting. It was tweaked slightly with the addition of some beautiful, brightly coloured Mhendi patterns.

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Woody

Christ Church C of E Primary School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Dorothy Perkins
Description:Over the last two years, everyone at the school has contributed to creating pathways and clearings in their local woodland. They discovered the diversity of life through outdoor lessons, and celebrate their unique surroundings and appreciation of the natural environment through their rhino design.

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A Crash of Rhinos

Christleton Primary School
Location: Primark, Foregate Street
Description: Wanting everyone in school to be involved in the Rhino Mania project, teachers gave every child the opportunity to create a rhino using a variety of interesting pattens and designs. These have all been adhered to the sculpture and represent the school mission statement of ‘together we learn, together we celebrate’.

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Rhino-Saw-Us

Crowton Christ Church CE Primary School
Location: Perfume Point, Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet
Description: As part of their eco ‘Green Flag’ project, the whole school were given a rhino template to work on. The final artwork is a combination of ideas from both children and staff.

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Cuddington Eco-Rhino

Cuddington Primary School
Location: Northgate Arena, Victoria Road
Description: This eco-friendly rhino is an amalgamation of ideas from each of the classes in the school. The selected design features the red and navy of Cuddington Primary’s school uniform, the oaks and acorns, their school emblem and a ‘reduce, re-use and recycle logo’ to reflect their pride at being an Eco-School.

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Dee Rhino

Dee Banks School
Location: Marks and Spencer
Description: This winning design was created by our Key Stage 2 class of children with severe learning difficulties. The blue background with fish, trees and ‘finger print’ flowers depicts the nearby river Dee. This design allowed all of the pupils to participate in the decoration of the rhino.

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Rosie Rhino

Dee Point Primary School
Location: Chester Zoo
Description: Rosie was inspired by Chester Zoo’s Safari Ranger, who brought a real rhino horn for the children to see and encouraged lots of discussion about rhinos and poachers. The children used this information to produce some detailed sketches and then decided which sections they liked best.

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Roger Rhino

Dee Point Primary School
Location: Edinburgh Woolen Mill, Eastgate Row
Description: Roger was inspired by Chester Zoo’s Safari Ranger, who brought a real rhino horn for the children to see and encouraged lots of discussion about rhinos and poachers. The children used this information to produce some detailed sketches and then decided which sections they liked best.

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Jewells

Delamere Church of England Primary School The Sandstone Partnership
Location: The Arc, Commonhall Street
Description: Delamere Primary’s pupils were challenged to research Antonio Gaudi’s patterns and symbols and used pre-used tiles to make their design as 'recycled' as possible. Children in Years 5 and 6 then identified the most effective design and have finished the sculpture in a bold, primary-coloured mosaic.

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Ronnie

Dorin Park School
Location: Chester Cathedral
Description: Dorin Park had been looking at Africa as a topic, and from their research on African artists, the children chose to base their design on the work of Moroccan artist Eric Tournaire. They used Tournaire's bird theme, tribal bands and an African colour palette to give Ronnie a true African flavour.

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Enviro-Rhino

Duddon St. Peter's Church of England Primary School The Sandstone Partnership
Location: Joseph Benjamin, Northgate Street
Description: Samurai warriors and their armour are the inspiration for this rhino. The theme was chosen as the school will be taking part in 'World Cup' themed activities this summer; their chosen country being Japan. 'Enviro-Rhino' reflects the idea of a rhino’s skin being strong like armour plating.

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Hand In Hand

Eaton Primary School The Sandstone Partnership
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Gap
Description: Student Finn created this design. The idea was for everyone in school to draw around their hand and personalise it. The children’s inspiration was their caring school community, supporting each other and celebrating everyone's individuality.

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Roman Gladiator

Eccleston Church of England Primary School
Location: Grosvenor Museum
Description: A member of staff from the Grosvenor Museum visited Eccleston Primary with Roman artefacts to stimulate the children's imagination . One class accompanied a Centurion in a walk around Chester before creating designs that featured a range of different aspects of Roman life such as mosaics and legionaries.

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Learning Together

Ellesmere Port Catholic High School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Carphone Warehouse
Description: In September 2009, Ellesmere Port Catholic High made an international link with a Maasai School called the Noonkodin Secondary School in Tanzania. The white rhino is an endangered species on the Serengeti plains and is the symbol linking these schools. Both schools contributed to the design of the rhino.

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Zuri

Elton Primary School
Location: Debenhams - Browns of Chester
Description:
Zuri means ‘beautiful’ in Swahili. Year 3 pupil Megan Goodier's sunset design was chosen following a school competition, as Megan describes "Africa is home to both rhinos and beautiful sunsets". Megan and a small group of children were selected to paint Zuri.

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Rhino Living in a Rainbow World

Farndon Primary School
Location: Sofa Workshop, Watergate Row
Description: Farndon Primary's children worked to create a colourful, eye-catching design that would ensure that their rhino would be really noticed! They wanted to reflect the wonderful, colourful world of the rhino’s homeland with many children of different ages contributing to the final design.

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Rita

Frodsham Children's Centre
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Shopmobility
Description: Rita proudly displays the logo of Frodsham Children's Centre. She represents children worldwide playing, learning and developing together. The footprints create a 'walk on the wild side' motif and suggests learning takes ‘one step at a time’. Finally flowers were added in honour of their baby seedlings, flowering toddlers and the blooming of expectant mothers.

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Friendship

Frodsham Church of England Primary School
Location: Bank of America, Chester Business Park
Description: Everyone in the school was to encouraged to dip one hand in different coloured paint and then print it onto the rhino, making it incredibly colourful. It symbolises the friendship children experience in Frodsham Church of England School.

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Waldo Weaver Vale's Wonder

Frodsham Weaver Vale Primary School
Location: Bank of America, Chester Business Park
Description: The design was inspired by the work of the artist Kandinsky. It is a brightly coloured pattern of circles of various sizes with each circle boldly bordered by black interspersed with patches of colour. All the pupils had the opportunity to contribute to the finished artwork.

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On an African Safari

Great Budworth Church of England Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Columbia Sportswear
Description: This safari-themed rhino was inspired by the patterns and skins of African animals, and was designed and painted by the whole of the school. Children from Reception to Year 6 worked to include the prints of tigers, zebras, wild dogs, giraffes and snakes plus many, many more. See how many different prints you can spot.

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The Jolly Green Rhino!!!

Guilden Sutton Church of England Primary School
Location: Cotswolds, Foregate Street
Description: Guilden Sutton have described their rhino as simply a reflection of 'Nature and Spring!'

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Hippy Hippo

Hebden Green Community School
Location: Habitat, Pepper Street
Description: This rhino was called ‘Hippo’ so often that they decided to give him a new identity. Pupils chose a design that was inspired by the psychedelic sixties and Mary Quant’s retro patterns. Year 6 and 7 pupils decorated him to mark their move from the primary to secondary part of their school.

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Chuck

Helsby High School
Location: P&A Davies, Bridge Street
Description: The environmental theme illustrates its designers concern about the environment and our responsibility to take care of it and look after the rhino. Chuck’s jeans represent the young people of Helsby High and his abstract patterns show the school’s creativity and their link with the charity Afritwin.

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Hillside Hettie - Our Centenary Rhino

Helsby Hillside Primary School
Location: Chester Visitor Information Centre, Town Hall
Description: To celebrate Helsby Hillside Primary's centenary year, the children were asked to sketch, and collect images, design and motifs of life at school and in the village. Hillside Hettie is a blend of these images including their two twinning school programmes in South Africa and France.

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Razzle Dazzle Rhino

Highfield Community Primary School
Location: Cheshire Sandwich Company, Godstall Lane
Description: The design initially came from the school’s nursery trip to Chester Zoo. The children were particularly interested in the animal prints, colours and textures. They looked in detail at markings including the zebra, jaguar, elephant, giraffe, snake and parrot. This led them to their final design using the contrasting markings of a variety of animals.

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Hindie the Rhino

Hinderton School
Location: Nichols and Co., Bridge Street
Description: Hindie features a grey and silver sponged background with the Hinderton logo on each side of its body. There are marbled prints in vibrant yellow, orange, green, blue and purple using children's own hands.

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All the way from Cape Town to Chester

Huntington Community Primary School
Location: Nauticalia, Bridge Street Row East
Description: The design symbolises the links between Huntington CP School and Westcott Primary in Cape Town, South Africa. Children in both schools contributed ideas and the finished design features the national flags plus other elements including South Africa’s blue crane and springbok, a pot of tea and a red rose from England.

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Godwin

J.H. Godwin Primary School
Location: The Cheese Shop, Northgate Street
Description: This rhino was designed by the children of J.H. Godwin and was inspired by the school’s colours and Elmer the Elephant’s colourful squares. Students camouflaged Godwin in different shades of green before adding the squares and their school’s initials.

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Ronald

Kelsall Community Primary School The Sandstone Partnership
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Toshiba
Description: Ronald is inspired by the patterns and colours in Ghanaian culture. As a cluster of schools adopting a World Cup theme this term, Kelsall chose Ghana due to their previous links with Opportunity International micro-finance banks. Each class submitted a design with one child chosen to have part of their design included in the finished artwork.

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Kingsley the Rainbow

Kingsley Community Primary and Nursery School
Location: Tessuti, Watergate Street
Description:Kingsley Community Primary and Nursery gave their sculpture a floral theme as the children are learning all about growing plants and flowers. Class 1 all created individual designs and the finished sculpture tries to combine elements of each one. The children said "We painted a rainbow on his back because we need sun and rain to make plants and flowers grow."

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Ronald

Kingsley St John's Church of England Primary School
Location: Bank of America, Chester Business Park
Description: Carrying the message 'Save the Rhino', Eleanor Hurst’s design was inspired by her thoughts of their habitats and the continents they live in. The Rhino’s body depicts these vibrant habitats with the legs in the colours of the South African flag.

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Caring for Ourselves, Other People
and Our Environment

Kingsmead Primary School
Location: Chester Cathedral
Description: Having studied environmental change, Year 5 children wanted to use their understanding of this subject to develop their rhino’s new coat. African patterns on the rhino's legs represent its natural habitat and the terrible danger of their extinction. On each side, life is shown beneath the sea, on the land and in the air.

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Living and Learning Together

Lache Primary School
Location: Palenque, Newgate Row
Description: This design was based around the topic, ‘What makes me, me?' The rhino has been divided into the four primary colours which represent the school houses; Ash, Birch, Elm and Oak. Each house has a section on which children have individually stylised a tree that represents their growth.

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Global Rhino

Leftwich Community Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - North Face
Description: A competition was launched in the school to design their rhino and Beth O'Brien's was chosen not only for its asthetic quality, but for its concept; Global Rhino, representing global warming and our changing world, is intended to make people think about caring for, and protecting the world.

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A Patchy Rhino

Little Sutton Church of England Primary School
Location: National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
Description: All the children and staff at the school have contributed to the design and creation of this rhino. Our youngest children have used their fingerprints, the oldest have created batik sections. The children’s ideas were generated by looking at the issues of endangered species and our individual responsibility in protecting and sharing the beauty of our planet.

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Lucky Lostock

Lostock Gralam Church of England Primary School
Location: Bank of America, Chester Business Park
Description: Lucky Lostock was inspired by the children’s experiences of school and all of the things that make it a special place. Their links to the wider community are also represented including their church, the local football team and the beautiful countryside around Northwich.

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Roary the Rhino

Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School
Location: Lakeland, Eastgate Row North, Chester
Description: This rhino was designed by Ashleigh Wilson who decided to combine several animal prints, some of which are endangered, onto the rhino. Big, bright and bold was the intention, with the focus on stylized patterns.

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Faru

Meadow Community Primary School
Location: Forty Six Catering Ltd, Lower Bridge Street
Description: The vibrant patterns and cultural heritage belonging to the habitat of the African rhino can be seen here including Ashanti bronzes, Benin textiles, Sotho wall mosaics and Hausa embroidered fabric. The children designed their own patterns and used these to create collage pieces. Faru means ‘rhino’ in Swahili.

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Alan

Meadow Community Primary School - Infant Department
Location: Chester Cathedral
Description: The children were tasked to research and design their own rhino and were encouraged to be creative and original. Two themes were chosen; one side features ‘the natural world’, incorporating the school logo and the other, flags from countries associated with the school. The designs were by pupils Katie Hickman, Hannah Birch, Kelly Hong and Lauren Robinson.

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Stanley

Mickle Trafford Village School
Location: Mill Hotel, Milton Street
Description: Year 5 pupils used the uniqueness and individuality of ‘the hand’ as the inspiration for this rhino. The size of hands characterise each child’s age and in joining them together in the artwork, they represent friendship and illustrate the support they give to one another.

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Clucking Cara

Mill View Primary School
Location: Chester Rows Cafe, Chester Visitors Centre, Vicars Lane
Description: A display was created in the school’s communal area using the undecorated rhinos along with stimulating images and questions. The children suggested ways to decorate the two rhinos and the school council chose the top six proposals. The chosen design was a 'rhino of chickens' linking the project with the school's kitchen garden.

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Dangerous Brian

Mill View Primary School
Location: Cheshire Mobility Centre, Bumpers Lane
Description: Mill View Primary have had a very busy spring when it comes to the Rhino Mania project! The chosen design for their second rhino was 'a rhino of endangered species' which will be integrated into their wildlife conservation project

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Ron

Neston Primary School
Location: Debenhams - Browns of Chester
Description: The initial idea for Ron developed during the planning stages of Neston Primary’s 'Africa Week' and all the children were asked to take part in its design. They then helped decorate his body using a variety of materials and techniques making the rhino equally as good to look at as it is to touch.

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Blossom

Newton Primary School
Location: Harriett and Dee, Watergate Row
Description: Inspired by the beautiful and natural environment, Newton's Year 2 children contributed to the design of Blossom. Each child created a collage flower which was then arranged into a colourful trail around Blossom's body.

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Ronnie

Norley Church of England (Aided) Primary School
Location: Bank of America, Chester Business Park
Description: This design was inspired by submissions from Key Stage 2 children, in particular Grace, who came up with the colourful, mixed print pattern that includes flags of the countries where rhinos live. She has tied in the colours to the flags to create a simple link between the two.

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Bindi the African Dream

Oldfield Primary School
Location: Moules a Go Go, Watergate Row
Description: This stunning sculpture was inspired by African and Indian culture. The Rhino's legs depict an African landscape whilst the body and head feature intricate Indian patterns and sparkling sequins. An environmental message is conveyed by the children’s footprints designed to highlight the impact of our carbon footprints on the world.

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Ronaldo

Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Ted Baker
Description: Ronaldo was inspired by Ogden Nash’s poem ‘The Rhinoceros’. As a powerful, skilful and majestic animal the children could think of no better name to sum up all of these qualities, than ‘Ronaldo’. Using acrostics, rhyme and a recipe-for-a-rhino the end result is amazing!

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Ashitaka

Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Select
Description: Their inspiration was Albert Durer’s depiction of an armoured Rhinocerous. The children opted for 3D collage materials and metallic paint, as they felt this would protect their rhino and make it look strong, just like the real rhinos threatened by extinction.

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Tudor Framework Rhino

Over St John's Church of England Primary
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Billabong
Description: Anna Woodley, the 11 year old designer of the Tudor Framework Rhino said of her artwork, “We looked at lots of pictures of Chester to put on the rhino, but I wanted all of them so I drew them in frames. Chester also has lots of tudor buildings so I designed a tudor building in the background.”

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Lurking in the Leaves

Overleigh St. Mary's Church of England Primary School
Location: Grosvenor Museum
Description: The children were fortunate enough to have worked with an artist from Grosvenor Museum to create their 'Roman Chester' rhino, reflecting beautifully the City’s rich heritage.

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Nelson

Parkgate Primary School
Location: Antonina's Ice Cream Parlour, Northgate Street
Description: The initial design has been inspired by its locality and its famous ice-cream! The children were invited to submit their ideas for a design, as individuals, or groups. These ideas formed part of a school display and the most popular were collated as the design for this rhino.

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Rocky the Chalkboard Rhino

Parklands Children's Centre
Location: Cheshire Oaks - G Star Raw
Description: Whilst working with children aged 0-5 and their families, a parent at a regular 'stay and play' group suggested we paint the rhino black with chalkboard paint so the children can put their own creations on him.

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Hodgepodge

Parklands Community Primary School
Location: National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
Description: From the African tribal patterns to the water droplets in the style of Kandinsky, the children used what they had learned from two special ‘Rhino Mania' days to come up with this interesting concept - the final artwork is by pupils Emily, Kyle, Sean, Georgia, Paige and Charlotte.

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Rivacre Valley Dragonflino

Rivacre Valley Primary School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - B&M
Description: Designed by Chantelle Pitt, this rhino was inspired by the school’s location. Chantelle used the blue of the school uniform as a background colour and included the school’s logo and the beautiful trees and flowers that can be found in the Rivacre Valley Country Park.

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Rodney

Rosebank School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Jack & Jones
Description: 44 children with varied communication difficulties, including autism, participated in this project. The challenge for staff and children was engaging everyone in painting the rhino; just having a large sculpture in the classroom can be challenging for some pupils. Everybody contributed to this project and made their mark.

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Ross the Envirorhino

Rossmore School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Extra Care Charity Shop
Description: Rossmore School have an active interest in the environment and have recently held an environment week which inspired the children to be more aware and sensitive to the needs of their surroundings. Ross’s design encapsulates the children's desire to create a world where every living thing can exist in harmony.

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Rudheath Rhino

Rudheath Community Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Adidas
Description: Shannon Briscall’s design was inspired by the rhino's habitat. She wanted to show the devastating effect that man is having on these creatures and their natural environment, contributing to its inclusion on the endangered species list.

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Conservacritter

Saighton Church of England Primary School
Location: Build-a-Bear, Newgate Row
Description: As an Eco and Church school, the idea behind Conservacritter reflects a desire to look after the world and protect the life upon on it. This conservation themed rhino portrays a selection of creatures with every child in the school taking part in its creation, and most of the adults too!

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Shocklach Patch

Shocklach Oviatt Church of England Primary School
Location: Olio & Farina, Bridge Street
Description: This interestingly named rhino was created by pupils working with local artist Frances Connor. His name derives from his patchwork jacket of children’s drawings. He bears the symbol of the school - the bell tower - and words that represent the children's thoughts after their visit to Chester Zoo.

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Bernie

St Bernard's Catholic Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Clarks
Description: Having created a link with a primary school in Rwanda, St Bernards RC Primary decided to use an African theme for their rhino. They incorporated typical African animals and the Rwandan flag along with their school logo and words of greeting from Africa. The Serengeti plains complete their interesting artwork.

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Clare

St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Location: Chester Library
Description: ‘Clare’ combines three winning designs from the school competition (School Uniform Rhino, Swimming Rhino and Hands Around the World Rhino) and was painted by winners Grace, Molly, Elise and Niamh with help from Charlie, Harry, Miss Brown and Mrs Miller.

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Jig

St Mary of the Angel's Catholic Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Visitor Information Centre
Description: St Mary’s launched a competition for a design which reflected the ethos of the school - with the winning entry an amalgamation of Michael Murray and Tom Brennan’s work. Across the top of the rhino the words 'Every Child Matters' appears, as they consider each pupil to be unique in God’s eyes. St Mary's has two rhinos - Jig and Saw.

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Saw

St Mary of the Angel's Catholic Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Bose
Description: St Mary’s launched a competition for a design which reflected the ethos of the school - with the winning entry an amalgamation of Michael Murray and Tom Brennan’s work. Across the top of the rhino the words 'Every Child Matters' appears, as they consider each pupil to be unique in God’s eyes. St Mary's has two rhinos - Jig and Saw.

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Werlumba

St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School
Location: Debenhams - Browns of Chester
Description: Werlumba encompasses children's ideas from Reception through to Year 6. The rhino symbolises their school, their parishes and their local communities. The hands symbolise friendship and co-operation with the crosses and fish on his face representing their faith being at the centre of everything they do.

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Winnie the Rhino

St Winefride's Catholic Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Pumpkin Patch
Description: This design was a joint effort by pupils Ellie McKeown, Alannah McMahon, Mia Turner, Tomas Vega Roulet, James Klabou, Kyle Barlow, Bethany Jones and Regan Cowell. Their ideas were combined before everyone from Year 1 and Year 2 drew their favourite animal and then added them on to look like spots and stripes.

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Safari

St. Saviour's Catholic Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Bench & Hooch
Description: Safari was a class effort from start to finish. As the ‘safari’ theme was the focus of their new topic, through discussion and brainstorming, ideas and designs for their rhino evolved. All of the children in the Foundation Stage have been happily involved in painting and varnishing her ready for her safari adventure.

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Chamba

Sutton Green Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - WH Smith
Description: This rhino is named Chamba (pronounced Shomba) after the city of Chambery in Southern France, where Sutton Green Primary is partnered with Villard Leger Primary School. Painted in the style of Georges Seurat and featuring Monet’s Water Lilies, Chamba features French cuisine motifs and monuments including the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower and Mont Blanc.

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Kenda

Sutton Green Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Animal
Description: The inspiration for Kenda came from Sutton Green’s current international partnership with Umpmoodee School in Uganda and the adoption of two children in Kenya. Kenda (named by blending 'Kenya' and 'Uganda') features the countries’ national flags and animal camouflages, finger painted in the style of George Seurat.

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Bling

Tarporley Church of England Primary School The Sandstone Partnership
Location: David M Robinson, Michaels Square
Description: There was a wealth of great designs from the children at Tarporley Primary – so many colours and combinations of patterns left them with a dilemma; how to create a rhino that moves, changes, can be any colour, at any time, see everything and be everyone. Say hello to Bling!

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Jeano

Tarvin Primary School The Sandstone Partnership
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Petroleum
Description: Jeano has travelled from Tanzania and bears the colours and images of the African country. Tarvin teacher Steve Meredith, visited Mikumi School in Tanzania on a exchange visit with Tanzed, a small charity dedicated to developing education within small villages in Tanzania.

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Tattiana

Tattenhall Park Primary School
Location: Deva Travel, Bridge Street
Description: The design was inspired by the school's location within the park in Tattenhall, which is home to many varieties of trees and shrubs, including oak trees, and the school has adopted one inhabitant - the squirrel - as its emblem. The leaves, squirrels and acorns represent the school's environment and green and gold are the school's colours.

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A Tale of Two Journeys

The Acorns Primary and Nursery School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Hallmark/Thorntons
Description: This rhino was created by a group of parents, and shows the two sides to the plight of endangered animals. One side shows an ideal world with the peacefulness of the African savannas where animals live without danger from man. The other side depicts the hunting that goes on in countries like Kenya.

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Zomosaurus

The Acorns Primary and Nursery School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Textiles Direct
Description: Zomosaurus was inspired by a West African trickster tale 'Zomo the Rabbit' by Gerald McDermott. It follows the adventures of Zomo in his quest for wisdom from the Sky God. The bold colourful African inspired illustrations gave the children lots of ideas for rhino designs.

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The Leopard's Drum

The Acorns Primary and Nursery School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Wilkinsons
Description: This rhino tells the story of a very small tortoise and a proud and boastful leopard. It is based on a traditional tale from West Africa as retold in Jessica Souhami‘s book, 'The Leopard's Drum'. Some children drew characters from the story while others looked to forest animals for their inspiration.

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Daisy (Bellis Simplex)

The Arches Community Primary School
Location: Groom Hire, Northgate Street
Description: This design was inspired by the wildlife around the Arches Community Primary. The school has a butterfly area, vegetable garden, willow structures, secret garden, chickens and an abundance of daisies throughout summer.

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Humfree

The Firs School
Location: Chester Visitor Information Centre, Town Hall
Description: This design was created by Olivia Durnall and Charles Lanni who were inspired by Africa and outraged by poachers hunting rhinos for their horns. The rhino's poor eyesight has been acknowledged by giving him glasses and their school is represented by fir trees in the landscape.

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A Quiet Place

The Oaks Community Primary School
Location: VPia Interiors, Godstall Lane
Description: Pupils chose to decorate their rhino after ‘The Quiet Place’; a tranquil room that transports them to another world under the sea. Within their Quiet Place, they learn how to feel good about themselves. The children can create their own Quiet Place inside themselves that helps them to feel relaxed and confident, in school and out.

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Rodney the Tilston Rhino

Tilston Parochial Church of England Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Holland & Barrett
Description: Rodney is a compilation of many children's ideas and features their logo and a drawing of the school. Rodney’s legs are adorned with colourful patterns made from the children's handprints and a map showing how to get from Chester to Tilston.

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Tushi

Tushingham-with-Grindley Church of England Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - David Clulow
Description: After learning all about rhinos, children from all four classes got together to paint this rhino. The artwork designer was Poppy Hall who won the school competition with her bold sunshine and animal skin design.

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Ruby

Upton Heath Church of England Primary School
Location: Chatwins, Mill Lane
Description: Every child at Upton Heath Primary created their own rhino design. By tearing and sticking pieces of each design onto the rhino, they have created a magnificent, colourful and collective rhino that they are all very proud of.

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Peanut

Upton Westlea Primary School
Location: Upton Library
Description: In this whole school collaboration, each child contributed to the project by designing a patchwork square. Peanut’s name was chosen by the school council. The children chose to write conservation themed messages onto the rhino and the final design is a bright and colourful reflection of their school.

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Lola

Utkinton St Paul's Church of England Primary School The Sandstone Partnership
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Marks and Spencer
Description: Lola’s blue background was chosen to reflect the colour of the children’s school uniform. Each handprint on the rhino belongs to one of the children, enabling everyone in the school to participate. The footprints represent 'The Sandstone Partnership' and show how all the schools in our area work together.

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Splodge the Jigsaw Rhino

Victoria Road Primary School
Location: Debenhams - Browns of Chester
Description: This ‘puzzling’ design was the result of a school competition, using the school colours of red, yellow and blue. One runner-up from each year group and one overall winner was chosen. The overall winner was Josh Octubre whose design was simple but effective.

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Paternoceros

Wallerscote Community School
Location: Chester Library
Description: Pupil Anthony Yarwood was inspired by the bright colours and designs displayed on the CowParade Gallery and chose colours and patterns he thought everyone in class would enjoy painting. Liam Conboy was inspired by the Elmer the Elephant stories and their recent studies of China, including fabric and porcelain designs.

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Rhinopedia

Waverton Community Primary School
Location: Marks and Spencer
Description: After all the pupils were given the opportunity to design a Rhino, their results were very imaginative and impossible to choose from! The finished artwork incorporates most of these designs as flowing bands of knowledge wrapping around the rhino. He is a topical, historical, musical, geographical rhino and a whole lot more!

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Remba

Westminster Community Primary School
Location: Purely Wicked Milkshakes, Bridge Street
Description: Samantha Jones was inspired by classroom research. The lightning bolt was chosen to represent the rhino’s speed, flags represent the rhino’s homeland and the African continent is a symbol of their habitat. The words 'endangered', 'protect', 'poachers' and 'future generations' were included to highlight the hunting of rhino horns by humans.

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Mr Zig-Zag

Wharton Church of England Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Vans
Description: The children of Year 3 in Wharton Primary School decided on the zig-zag design as they wanted a multi-coloured rhino which would stand out, be bright and be fun. They decided to use a variety of colours to represent joy and happiness.

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Rory

Wharton Church of England Primary School - Infant Site
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Suits You
Description: As a recently amalgamated school, Wharton Primary will be moving into a new building in September 2010. Rory will be displayed in a new wild garden, therefore his ‘flower’ themed artwork was created by gifted and talented children in art and design to complement this new area.

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BRIAN (Black Rhinos In Absolute Need)

Whitby Heath Primary School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - New Look
Description: As a school, Whitby Primary wanted to promote healthy eating as well as raising the profile of the plight of the rhino. Every class in the school took part in finger painting fruit onto the body of BRIAN.

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Roger Rhino

Whitegate Church of England Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Designer Kidz
Description: The decoration of the Whitegate Rhino is a result of a collaborative effort, drawing on ideas from pupils of all ages throughout the school. Many pupils submitted designs embodying their school ethos of 'Enjoy Achieving Together'.

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Rolf

Whitley Village School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Prima Tessuti
Description: Every child participated in decorating Rolf by hand-printing a leaf along with every staff member’s thumbprint to convey the message that everyone matters. The trees in this design illustrate the school’s four teams: oak in orange, beech in blue, willow in white, and rowan in red. The fruit represent the school's role in the wider community.

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World Cup Rhino

Willaston Church of England Primary School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Poundland
Description: This rhino was designed by 7 year old Tom Caley. Following a term exploring the World Cup, the children researched many different countries to gain a greater understanding of the wider world. The design perfectly encapsulates the school’s aim to develop children's awareness of the environmental issues in an ever-changing world.

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Kifaru

William Stockton Community School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Holland and Barrett
Description: This design is a combination of ideas from eight children. The row of linked stick figures are taken from the school’s Ghanaian wall hangings, the background of yellow, orange and red symbolises sunrise. In the spaces are silhouettes of tick birds and the chain-link design was designed to represent the rhino’s captivity and salvation.

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All Stitched Up

Willow Wood Community Primary School
Location: Wesley-Barrell, Bridge Street
Description: Every child in school was asked to create a pattern for the rhino. Children drew inspiration from projects such as the Go Superlambananas event in Liverpool. They also used the internet to research rhinos and Indian and African fabrics resulting in this interesting design.

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Vivaldi

Wimboldsley Community Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Thorntons
Description: The children were asked to think carefully about the changes that occur each season and took inspiration from their school grounds. Vivaldi was created using these ideas with the Art Club responsible for collating all the children’s thoughts and eventually painting the rhino.

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Winnjo

Wincham Community Primary School and Nursery
Location: Chester Zoo
Description: The school's custom is to celebrate diversity and global citizenship and their partnership with Njoro DEB school in Kenya gave the children the opportunity to compare and demonstrate their understanding of African art. Recent exchange visits between the two very different cultures is reflected in their rhino, with both schools developing an understanding of each other's country, climate and wildlife.

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Anina

Witton Church Walk Church of England Primary School
Location: Cheshire Oaks - Sony
Description: The children in Years 5 and 6 were asked to come up with a design based on animal prints. The teachers judged the competition and a mix of three winning designs were transferred onto Anina, with painting done by the children from their two Reception classes.

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Roaming Roy

Wolverham Primary and Nursery School
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - B&M
Description: This design was created by Year 6 who used international flags as their inspiration. The rhino is decorated with as many flags as the children could think of to reflect the idea that every person, in every country, is responsible for looking after the rhino’s future.

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Roy the Rhino

Woodlands Primary School - Infant Department
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Brighthouse
Description: The children sent in designs inspired by their multi-cultural work on Africa and Australia. The designs that inspired the final artwork included lots of pattern and textures, particularly the use of jewels.

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Cedric the Rhino

Woodlands Primary School - Junior Department
Location: Port Arcades Shopping Centre - Peacocks
Description: Every child in the school got involved with the Rhino Mania Education Programme and entered a design into the school competition. The winning design featured Chester Zoo and the various animals that can be seen there. The rhino was created using acrylic paints and marker pens.

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