PDHPE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education) teaches children to develop healthy lifestyle choices, positive relationships, and informed decision making. It focuses on physical, social, cognitive, and emotional growth, as well as developing an active lifestyle and fundamental movement skills. The overall aim is for children to improve their knowledge of wellbeing and movement performance, build skills for healthy decision making and confidence, and foster values of commitment to health.

1. PDHPE
Personal
development,
healthy and physical
education.

2. Why PDHPE is important?
 The importance of maintaining a healthy
life style is becoming an important factor
nowadays, as children grow they
become aware about this factor.
 PDHPE promotes children to develop a
healthy lifestyle choices and to build a
positive relationships.

3. PDHPE is an important key learning area within
the primary curriculum as it:
 Encourage an understanding and valuing
of self and others.
 Promotes physical activity.
 Emphasises informed decision leading to
effective and responsible action.

4. More specifically the study of PDHPE is
concerned with:
 Physical, social, cognitive and emotional
growth and development patterns.
 The development and maintenance of
positive interpersonal relationships.
 The factors influencing personal health
choices.
 Living and learning in a safe secure
environment

5. More specifically the study of PDHPE is
concerned with:
 The adoption of an active lifestyle.
 Fundamental movement patterns and
coordinated actions of the body
 Skills that enable action for better health
and movement outcomes.

6. The aim of PDHPE
Children have a great opportunity to
benefit from PDHPE lessons and tutorials to
improve them selves in many areas such as:
 Develop Knowledge of:
• Wellbeing.
• Performance of movement.
 Develop skills in:
• Making healthy decisions

7. The aim of PDHPE
• Moving with confidence.
• Positive relationships.
 Values and attitudes:
• Appreciation and commitment to healthy
ways of life.