PDHPE (Personal development, Health and Physical Education) is one of the six key learning areas in the Australian primary school curriculum. It focuses on developing students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes to promote physical and mental health, empower informed decision making, and encourage responsibility. The PDHPE curriculum aims to provide students with lifelong skills in communication, decision making, interaction, movement, and problem solving. Teaching PDHPE benefits children by furthering their understanding across eight health and wellness domains and allowing them to lead happy, healthy, and productive lives.

1. What is the importance of
PDHPE in Primary Schools…

2. What is PDHPE?
Personal development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) makes up
part of the six key learning areas (KLA) in the Primary curriculum. It focus’
on the knowledge, skills and attitudes students need to have in order to
live a healthy, positive and fulfilled life. It is a key learning area as it:
• Encourages an understanding and valuing of self and others.
• Promotes physical activity
• Emphasises informed decision making
leading to effective and responsible
action.

3. Why teach PDHPE?
The PDHPE K-6 syllabus states that PDHPE allows students to gain lifelong
skills in:
• Communicating
• Decision Making
• Interacting
• Moving
• Problem solving

4. The benefits of PDHPE.
PDHPE benefits children in numerous ways,
such as allowing them to live a happy and
healthy, positive and fulfilled life. Adapt a
responsible and productive role in society.
Whilst it also furthers their knowledge
and understanding in these 8 key areas:
• Active lifestyle
• Dance
• Games
• Growth and Development
• Gymnastics
• Interpersonal relationships
• Personal health choices
• Safe living