The document discusses the importance of the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) subject. PDHPE encourages understanding of oneself and others, helps students make informed life decisions, and promotes lifelong physical activity. It teaches students to eat healthy, stay safe, get active, and understand growth and development. The goals are for children to acquire social, mental and physical health, inspire an ongoing quality of life, develop as a whole, build a positive attitude toward healthy lifestyles, and gain understandings and values to lead fulfilling lives.

1. Personal
Development
Health and
Physical
Education

2. Why is PDHPE important?
• Encourages an understanding and valuing of
oneself and others.
• Develops an ability in students to make
informed decisions in their lives.
• Promotes lifelong involvement in physical
activity.

3. Subject Matter!
• Eat Healthy– Students learn to eat nutritious
food and how to make active life decisions.
• Safe living – Students learn fundamental life
skills and safety precautions.
• Get Active – Students learn the advantages of
an active lifestyle.
• Growth & Development – Students learn to
understand and apprehend their growing
bodies.

4. Aim & Objectives
• Children acquire social, mental and physical
health.
• It inspires an ongoing quality of life.
• Students develop as a whole.
• It builds a positive attitude to healthy
lifestyles.
• They gain understandings and values in order
to lead fulfilling lives.

5. The Rationale of Teaching
PDHPE
• Inspires an appreciative and valuing of self
and others.
• Opportunity to encourage physical activity.
• Underlining knowledgeable decision making
that points to operative and sensible action.