They took part in Dairy Australia's Picasso Cows program, which gave them an insight into the step-by-step workings of the dairy industry in Australia and culminated with them helping to design and paint their very own school cow, Mrs Milky Moo Joy.

Year 3 teacher Leah Haddon helped facilitate the program at the school and said it was both fun for the students and enjoyable to teach.

"They loved it," she said.

"They were engaged the whole time."

With the program taking students through the full process of how dairy products were made - from the farm to the supermarket - she said it was also highly informative.

"There were some kids who had no idea where their produce came from, so it was a real eye-opener."

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Apart from the processes involved in making dairy, they learned about how farms operated, the importance of the dairy industry to the economy, and were given the opportunity to test milk.

They also documented their learning journey through five videos, which they submitted as a part of a competition run in conjunction with the program.

It's judged on the strength of the students learning outcomes and how creatively they decorated their cow.

The winners will be announced in early September and Ms Haddon thought her students had done a great job, but was unsure of what other schools had come up with.

"Everybody said ours looks great," she said.

"But I've got nothing to compare it to."

Undertaken by schools around Australia, the Picasso Cows program is the latest learning initiative launched by Dairy Australia, who have been delivering similar educational programs for the past 10 years.

Dairy Australia's school communications manager Vanessa Forrest said the initiative was all about teaching students how milk got from the farm to their fridges.

"With many children increasingly growing up in urban areas, they often don't know where their food comes from and Picasso Cows is a great opportunity to educate the next generation," she said.

Teachers can register to take part in the program here.

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