PDHPE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education) should be taught in schools for several key reasons: it promotes physical activity and a healthy lifestyle; it encourages students to develop decision making, problem solving, and social skills; and it helps students learn to value themselves and develop positive relationships with others. Most importantly, PDHPE is fun for students and provides an enjoyable break from the classroom where they can play games and sports.

1. Why teach PDHPEin schools?
Promotes physical activity!
Develop positive
relationships!
Encourages a
valuing of
self and others!
BECAUSE IT’S FUN!

2. Physical activity
Through games and sports, dancing,
gymnastics and much more children
learn how to lead an ACTVIE yet FUN
lifestyle!
These activities further encourage
students to develop their
DECISION MAKING SKILLS
PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
INTERACTIVE SKILLS

3. Healthy lifestyle
Students learn how to make
informed health choices!
•This covers a range of
IMPORTANT aspects such as:
•Healthy and nutritious food
choices
•Safe living
•Preventative measures
•Health services
Being
healthy is
important!

4. Positive relationships, self
value and valuing others
PDHPE encourages an
understanding and valuing of
SELF. This further helps
students gain self confidence
Students who value themselves
will return this to others. This
helps students create
POSITIVE relationships,
promotes effective
communication and acceptance
of others

5. MOST IMOPORTANTLY, PDHPE IS
FUN!
After long hours of being in class, students
are itching to get outside and play!
Not only do students enjoy
themselves but they also gain
skills and positive attitudes
that they can further apply to
many aspects of life!
I cant
wait to
play
outside!