By CASEY NEILL
MISS Moo has earned $250 for Heritage College in Narre Warren South.
Students spent weeks decorating the life-sized fibreglass bovine for the Dairy Australia Picasso Cows program, and won the regional prize at Cranbourne Golf Club on 18 July.
Visual art teacher Yolanda Horne said a classroom competition with Grade 1 and 2 students decided the cow’s name.
“For their integrated unit study they were doing fuel for life, which fitted in with the Picasso project,” she said.
“I also have to say that the Grade 6 girls helped out a lot. They just couldn’t help themselves. They just wanted to be part of it.”
Students researched the artwork Picasso created and decided on bright colours.
“On one side of Miss Moo you have got an image of a farm scene, of what happens with the trucks and the delivery of all the dairy products to the shops,” Ms Horne said.
“On the other side you’ve got all the different activities that allow us to be active because of choosing a good healthy diet, which includes dairy products.”
The school’s Officer campus came in second place with its cow.
“It was very exciting because the standard was very high among the other schools,” Ms Horne said.
Dairy Australia Dietitian Amber Beaumont said the time-lapse video and written journal the school submitted with Miss Moo showed a real dedication to the project.
“It’s obvious that it was a labour of love for the students, as well as the greater school community, and the result is a work of art that clearly shows the journey the team has taken,” she said.
Picasso Cows is in its sixth year and teaches children that milk doesn’t just come from the supermarket.
Fountain Gate Primary was also among 10 suburban Melbourne schools chosen to decorate cows under the theme Unbeatable Bones, Fuel for Life or Farm to Plate.
