Pdhpe

1. Personal Development, Health, Physical Education
Teaching PDHPE in Primary School!

2. PDHPE is important in children’s everyday lives. It
develops students knowledge and
understanding, skills, values and attitudes needed to
lead a healthy lifestyle.
Students should develop 5 essential skills from PDHPE and
they are:
 Communicating
 Decision Making
 Interacting
 Moving
 Problem Solving

3. PDHPE is IMPORTANT!
 It encourages an understanding and valuing of
self and others
 Promotes physical activity
 Emphasises informed decision making leading
to effective and responsible action
 Provides an understanding of health issues to
make appropriate decisions
 Assists students in developing and maintaining
positive interpersonal relationships
 It is concerned with physical, social, cognitive
and emotional growth and development
patterns

4. There are 7 different areas where
students will develop knowledge and
skills in PDHPE
 Active Lifestyle
 Dance
 Games and Sports
 Growth and Development
 Gymnastics
 Interpersonal Relationships
 Personal Health Choices
 Safe Living

5. There are many benefits of
PDHPE and below I have listed
a few that are important to me:
 It promotes safe living and
healthy lifestyles
 It encourages children to play as
a team and work together in a
fun environment
 It helps students develop skills in
problem solving and decision
making which benefits them in
all aspects of their life not just
PDHPE