1. Why it is important to teach
PDHPE in Primary Schools
Regular participation in
physical activity improves
student learning and
increases health benefits.
Teachers design learning
experiences to meet the
needs of individual
students to help them
achieve their potential

2. Importance of physical activity
in early years
When kids are active, their bodies can do the things they want and need them to do.
regular exercise provides these benefits :
•strong muscles and bones
•weight control
•decreased risk of developing type 2 diabetes
•better sleep
•a better outlook on life

3. Being fit is a way of saying a person eats well, gets a lot of physical activity exercise, and has a healthy weight. If
you're fit, your body works well, feels good, and can do all the things you want to do, like run around with your
friends.
Some steps only parents can take — such as serving healthy meals or deciding to take the family on a nature
hike. But kids can take charge, too, when it comes to health.

4. Activity: how much is enough?
Current Australian guidelines say that kids aged 5-12 years
need at least one hour of moderate to vigorous physical
activity each day.
Physical activity is not necessarily ‘exercise’. Child doesn’t
have to play an organized sport or do push-ups to achieve
benefits. Simple activities can include:
•going for walks
• walking to child care or school
•spending time at the playground
•playing in the shallows at the beach
•playing chasey or keepings off in the yard.

5. PDHPE educates kids to have a
Healthy lifestyle
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Promote healthy eating in your home
As a family, remind yourselves of the basic foods.
Establish healthy eating routines.
Praise children when they choose healthy foods
Make physical activity part of everyday life
Give children – older children especially – opportunities to try different sports and ways to be active
Limit the time your child spends on screen-based activities
Encourage your child to value his body for what it can do, rather than how it looks

6. PDHPE promotes overall development of a child
Safe living develop skills in recognizing and
responding to unsafe situations, seeking
assistance effectively and establishing and
maintaining relationships and strengthening
attitudes and values related to equality, respect
and responsibility.
Students develop
skills for building
positive responsible
relationships
Child learn to
communicate
effectively in
variety of ways
Nutrition
education helps
children to learn
at an early age
the importance
of healthy
eating.
PDHPE activities
develop student
proficiency in
fundamental
movement skills and
motor skills as well
as game concepts
and body awareness