2. PDHPE
• PDHPE plays a large role in the
way that students develop
knowledge, understandings and
practical skills that lead to a
healthy lifestyle.
• Healthy Lifestyles allow
individuals the greatest chance
of achieving and maintaining
mental, physical, social and
spiritual wellbeing, which leads
to:
Positive relationships
Improved quality of life
Less Illness
3. Wh y i s P D H P E
I mp o r t a n t ?
Develops
physical, social, cognitiv
e and emotional growth
and development
patterns
Encourages development
and maintenance of
interpersonal
relationships
Promotes positive
decision making in
personal health choices
4. Emphasises the
importance of living
and learning in a safe
environment
Promotes importance
of an active lifestyle
Develops fundamental
movement patterns
and coordinated
actions of the body
Encourages movements
that positively affect
health
