2. WHAT CONTENT IS TAUGHT IN PDHPE ?
The PDHPE syllabus breaks the content down into 5 skill components:
• Moving
• Problem-Solving
• Interacting
• Decision-Making
• Communicating
These 5 components are crucial elements of a child’s development and
are taught at an appropriate level for each child’s ability both
physically and mentally.

3. WHAT CONTENT IS TAUGHT IN PDHPE ?
The syllabus then breaks the content down even further into 8 strands :
• Growth and Development
• Games and Sports
• Gymnastics
• Dance
Each strand is taught in cohesion with the appropriate learning level of
each stage within primary education and are core elements of a child’s
learning and functioning. Ensuring the mental, emotional and physical
wellbeing of each child is the major aim of this content. This content is then
further broken down into specific topics for each strand.
•Active Lifestyle
•Personal Health Choices
•Safe Living
•Interpersonal Relationships

4. WHAT WILL MY CHILD LEARN THIS YEAR IN
PDHPE ?
• Gained knowledge of factors that
influence healthy lifestyles
• Develop an understanding of
decision making based on
safe/unsafe and healthy/unhealthy
situations and factors.
• Develop the skills to identify their
strengths and weaknesses.
• Explore changes in the body.
• Explain how positive relationships
are created.
• Identify the importance of
communicating feelings and
needs
• Recognize rights, values and
feelings of others
• Develop problem-solving
strategies
• Recognize and accept differences
and henceforth manage conflict
Ideally at the end of this year my (stage 2) year 3 students will have:

5. As you can see each component of content that is covered
throughout the stage 2, year 3 PDHPE syllabus is of great
importance to a child’s development. This development is not just
physical but also mental and emotional.
PDHPE is key to a child's health and maintained wellbeing. It is
crucial that children practice skills to learn, develop and
understand the world and life itself in terms of safe living,
relationships, healthy choices, the body, growth and development,
personal choices and sports and skills.
Thank you for taking your time to look at our class website and
read about the positive effects of PDHPE on a child. For further
information please do not hesitate to contact myself at the school
for a meeting or a quick chat.
- Miss DeMarco

6. REFERENCES
New South Wales. Board of Studies (2007). K-6 PDHPE Syllabus : Personal
development, health and physical education K-6 Syllabus.
Sydney Board of Studies NSW