SOMETHING colourful is moo-ving through St Joseph’s Primary School in Sorrento – and it’s got everyone talking.
Students from Year 3/4 have been busy turning a life-size fibreglass cow into a dazzling masterpiece as part of Dairy Australia’s “Picasso Cows” program. Covered in farmyard flair, the colourful cow showcases the young artists’ knowledge of the dairy industry. Health and nutritional benefits of dairy, life on the dairy farm, and how milk ends up in their lunchboxes have been among their key learnings. The school will now enter a national competition that will judge the best creative cow.
Sustainability/visual arts teacher Jane Byrne said the program brought learning to life. “All of the designs were created by the students, who then painted them onto the cow,” she said. “Students also visited the local Sorrento Museum and researched the local dairy, which was called Hill Holme in Melbourne Rd, Sorrento. They looked at who built the homestead, and the local Spunner Family who migrated from Ireland.”
First published in the Mornington News – 8 July 2025
