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.