PDHPE teaches physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth, development of relationships, and factors influencing health choices. It encourages understanding of self and others, physical activity, and informed decision making. PDHPE specifically addresses movement, health, safety, and adopting an active lifestyle. The document advocates for teaching PDHPE in primary schools to provide lifelong benefits like health, confidence, relationships, and knowledge.

1. By: Katelyn Norwood

2. Rationale
 PDHPE is an important aspect in our
children’s lives. It provides several benefits
and key learning areas that include:
- Encourages an understanding and valuing
of self and others
- Promotes physical activity
- Emphasises informed decision making
leading to effective and responsible action.

3. Rationale continued...
 The study of PDHPE is specifically concerned with:
- Physical, social, cognitive and emotional growth and development
patterns
- The development and maintenance of positive interpersonal
relationships
- The factors influencing personal health choices.
- Living and learning in a safe and secure environment
- The adoption of an active lifestyle
- Fundamental movement patterns and coordinated actions of the body
- Skills that enable action for better health and
movement outcomes.

4. Advocating teaching PDHPE in
primary schools.
 There are many different subjects that
students need to be educated about from a
young age. These include subjects such as:
- Health - Confidence
- Physical Education - Awareness
- Personal Development - Safety
-Relationships
- Physical Activities
- Knowledge

5. Conclusion
 As seen, PDHPE provides
life long benefits that they
can learn at an early age.
 Therefore, having PDHPE
in the primary school
curriculum is essential for
students to learn and
develop these benefits
and skills that can be
acquired.