A talented schoolgirl has created a calendar of musical moggies to raise money for a cat rescue charity.

It all began when Florence Smith, who goes to Haddon Dene School in Broadstairs, painted a picture of pop icon David Bowie as a cat for her head teacher.

So impressed was principal Joanne Parpworth that she decided to hatch a plan with the six-year-old to help a Thanet charity - while showing off the youngster's talent.

Now, the Year 2 pupil has painted a whole calender's worth of cats as iconic musicians to raise cash for Cats in Crisis.

Among the collection of famous moggies are Bob Marley, Alice Cooper, Amy Winehouse and David Bowie.

Mum Rebecca Woodland says she sketches the outline of the stars and then her daughter paints them and finishes off all the details.

"Florence absolutely loves cats and art so I thought this could be something good for her to do," said Miss Woodland.

"Anyone who knows her knows she won't sit down for long - she's so active - so for her to do this, to sit and concentrate, is amazing. She's really enjoyed doing it.

"She's a perfectionist though so we've had lots of tears if she's smudged the paint or doubled dipped the paintbrush or gone out of the lines."

Miss Woodland says the calendars are available to purchase from Cramptons pub in Broadstairs and Elsewhere Hair and Beauty in Westgate, where she works.

"All the money will go to Cats in Crisis," she said.

"We hope to help towards its vets bills, which are about £4,000 a month."

Mary Knott runs the charity, which has been going for more than 17 years, with its main source of income its shop in High Street, Ramsgate.

"It is a small but very active cat rescue which is entirely voluntary," she said.

"It was set up to deal with the huge number of street cats, ferals and strays that seemed to get no help from elsewhere.

"Much of our expenditure is spent on neutering, treating cats that have been neglected by owners – or who have no apparent owners.

"Like so many organisations, our finances have been hard hit by Covid restrictions, but all through lockdown we continued to operate without a break sometimes in extremely difficult and challenging circumstances.

"We have been so grateful for the support and encouragement we received from members of the public during the last two years in particular and the sale of this calendar will help greatly towards our veterinary expenses which often exceed £1,000 a week."

Anyone unable to get out to buy a calender, which costs £7, can contact Miss Woodland bexwoodland86@icloud.com.