PDHPE teaches students the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to lead a healthy and productive life. The subject aims to prepare students to take responsible roles in society by applying and practicing five essential skills. PDHPE is important as it encourages self-understanding, values others, promotes physical activity, and emphasizes informed decision making. Students develop skills in interpersonal relationships and other areas.
2. PDHPE provides students with the
knowledge, understanding, skills, values and
attitudes which are essential to leading a healthy, active
and fulfilling life. The aim of PDHPE is to form a basis for
students to adopt a responsible and productive role in
society. In order to achieve this aim, the five essential skills
(Communicating, Decision
Making, Interacting, Moving and Problem Solving)
are applied and practiced in each strand so that students
are able to use them effectively in their lives, both present
and future.
3. PDHPE is important because it…
• Encourages an understanding and valuing of
self and others
• Promotes physical activity
• Emphasizes informed decision making leading
to effective and responsible action
4. There are a number of
different areas that students
will develop skills including..
Interpersonal Relationships:
Students learn to understand
the nature of relationships and
develop kills essential to
building and maintaining
positive relationships of many
kinds in their own lives.