NOAH's Art overall winners - Cathedral School of St Mary, Plymouth

The pupils of Cathedral School of St Mary in Plymouth celebrated winning the National Pet Month NOAH's Art competition with a visit from celebrity vet Marc Abraham.

For the competition, the children painted pictures of their pets, including dogs, cats, an owl a rabbit and a mouse, and made a NOAH's ark with a menagerie of creatures including spiders and snakes.

Marc, along with National Pet Month Phil Sketchley, presented the children with a certificate and gave them a talk on responsible pet ownership. They were also joined by Adam Coulson from the Veterinary Hospital, Estover in Plymouth - another long-standing supporter of NPM and winner of the best National Pet Month veterinary event for the annual practice open day.

Cathedral School of St Mary, Plymouth

2008 Schools' Competition

NOAH's Art

Under the 2008 theme of ‘Great British Pets’, National Pet Month called on the nation’s children to help create a modern day Noah’s Ark to reflect the UK’s love of pets and the diversity of the pets we keep.

From cats to dogs, guinea pigs to stick insects children, working with their school or youth group, picked a pet which they would like to feature on the National Pet Month Noah’s Ark, and made a picture of it.

Here are our worthy winners!

Overall winner

Cathedral School of St Mary, Plymouth, Devon

Regional runners-up

Hillview School Banbury, Oxfordshire

Preston Park Primary School Wembley, Middlesex

Trinity Fields School Resource Centre, Caerphilly

Whitchurch Rainbow GuidesWhitchurch, Hampshire

Understand National Pet Month in a Nutshell

Seeking inspiration?

See what our 2007 winners Grange Park School and Whitchurch Rainbow Guides, and 2006 winner Kirkinriola Primary School achieved.