1. PDHPE
RATIONALLE
Why PDHPE is important in Primary School
Education

2. Helps Develop Life Long
Skills
Skills which are developed through PDHPE will be used
over a lifetime…
• Communicating
• Interacting
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Moving

3. Promotes Healthy Living
and Active Lifestyle
Active Lifestyle- PE
• Development of a
range of fundamental
movement-based skills
• Encouragement of
students of being
active to help maintain
physical health
Healthy Living- PDH
• Nutritional information
provided for kids
• Encouragement of
students to partake in
healthy eating
practices
 HEALTHY LIVING 

4. Social Health, Growth
and Development
• Students learn how to make friends,
to respect each other and to work
together effectively
• Students are able to develop their
own person identity and values
• Students develop an understanding
of the body and how the body
develops as they grow older

5. Promotes Safe Living
Practices
• Ideas about personal safety and
safe/unsafe situations are
developed.
• Road and Water safety is explored
and practiced.
• Students explore rules around play-
why they are there and how they
promote safety
• Emergency procedures are
explored

6. PDHPE IS FUN 
• PDHPE provides many opportunities for students to
work together through student-centred learning.
• Students encouraged to be creative in the
development and playing of games.
• Students are actively engaged in thinking about
who they are and what makes them special.