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World School Milk Day 2026: What a Milk Break!

ByCool Milk
Wednesday 30 September 2026

Thank you for joining The Great British Milk Break

Mooey the cow celebrating The Great British Milk Break for World School Milk Day 2026

On World School Milk Day, Mooey invited schools and nurseries across the UK to take a break, grab their milk and celebrate together, and you turned up in style! Here’s a look back at the nation’s biggest school milk break.

See the highlights

The Milk Break in numbers

507
schools took part
90,000
children enjoyed their milk

Highlights from the day

From cow ears and homemade bunting to milk time served by a very special cow, here are just a few of the brilliant ways schools and nurseries celebrated.

A member of staff in a cow onesie pouring milk for nursery children at their tables
Milk time, served by a cow!
Daniel Francis MP sharing a cup of milk with a young child at nursery
Sharing a milk break with Daniel Francis MP
Children colouring 'Where does milk come from?' activity sheets with crayons
Where does milk come from?
Pupils wearing homemade cow-ear headbands sitting in the school hall
Cow ears on for assembly
Pupil-decorated Great British Milk Break bunting with messages like 'I love milk' and 'Strong bones'
“I love milk!” bunting made by pupils

And the winner is…

Winning poster: a smiling superhero milk carton with a red cape, surrounded by confetti, a cow balloon and a 30 September 2026 calendar
Poster competition

Winning poster

Alexander, Newsome Junior School

Congratulations to Alexander for his fantastic Super Milk poster! His school has won a visit from CBeebies’ Mr Bloom.

Trophy for naming Marie Stephenson's 10,000th cow
Name Marie’s 10,000th Cow

Cow #10,000’s name is…

Stanley

Marie Stephenson’s very special 10,000th cow has been named Stanley by STANLEYS at Biddick Hall. They’ll be getting a visit from CBeebies’ Mr Bloom and Marie herself!

Thank you for a brilliant Milk Break

A huge thank you to every school, nursery, teacher and child who joined in. Want to find out more about school milk with Cool Milk?

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