What is Picture my World?

Picture my World explores the lives of children living in countries around the world. Through photographs children tell the story of what it is like to be a child where they live.

How will Picture my World support my child’s learning?

At school, your child is preparing to live and work in a changing, interdependent global society.

All subjects at school provide opportunities for global learning. This site enables teachers to use the material in their classrooms to support subjects such as Citizenship, RE, Geography, Literacy and Art.

Picture my World will help you child to:

• Make links between the local and the global.
• Recognise the similarities between their lives and the lives of others around the world.
• Learn to value diversity.
• Share their thoughts and feelings about the photographs with their contemporaries online.

How can we get involved at home?

Explore the photographs on Picture my World with your child at home!

Look  Introduce your child to the country and the lives of children from Cambodia. Remember to give an all-round view of the country – use the slideshow of images on the Cambodia page to help, and find out more about CAFOD in Cambodia.

Share  Ask your child to think about some questions they would like to ask one of the photographers. Post them as a blog to share these thoughts with other children. Try to focus on similarities, and encourage your child to recognise these similarities in the themes of the site.

Think  Encourage your child to think about the global community – we all belong to different communities, such as local teams or groups, friendships, school and family, to the global community that we are all part of. Ask your child to write some captions for some of the pictures of children in their communities.

Pray  Take time to reflect and pray together for all of our global family. Print our Prayer for parents and children or write a reflection of your own together.

Act  Help your child to be an active global citizen!  Show you child how to link learning to taking responsible action to help make a real difference to people’s lives .

Organising events to raise money is a fun way that you could support our work with your child, while learning more about the world we live in at the same time. Check out our A-Z of fun fundraising activities for inspiration!

And watch our Can I count on You? animation with your kids.

How can I ensure my child stays safe online?

Visit our Stay Safe Online page with your child to learn about the rules for safe surfing.