PDHPE empowers students with knowledge and skills for lifelong physical activity and health. It is an exciting subject that teaches students the importance of health and activity through fun lessons. The PDHPE curriculum can be integrated with other subjects to increase students' knowledge across areas. The goals of PDHPE are to support students' physical, emotional, spiritual, and social growth through an encouraging learning environment. PDHPE teaches crucial lifelong skills and has physical, mental, and social benefits for students. It increases awareness of topics like road safety, nutrition, relationships, identity, health issues, and abuse.

1. (Personal Development, Health and
Physical Education)

2.  PDHPE empowers all students with the knowledge
and skills for sustained long-life physical activity
as a foundation for healthy and productive lives.
 PDHPE is an exciting, fun and crucial subject in
primary schools as it offers students to be
educated by teachers who in turn help the
understand the importance of being healthy and
active.
 The PDHPE curriculum has the potential to be
integrated with other subjects such as ICT,
Numeracy and Literacy which increases their
knowledge in all areas.

3.  My goals in teaching PDHPE are to provide a
learning environment that supports the physical,
emotional, spiritual and social growth of the
students.
 I believe that all students have the ability to
learn and that all students deserve to be
immersed in an environment that encourages
individual growth.
 Thus, I want to inspire in my students the ability
to do their very best and to make them believe in
themselves, whilst developing their confidence.

4.  PDHPE should be taught because it has a number
of crucial skills that are essential throughout a
students lifetime. These skills include problem
solving, communication, decision-making, interacting
and moving.
 The benefits of PDHPE include:
 Physical- increased motor skills, movement
patterns and growth and development.
 Mental- increased self-esteem, personal identity
and recognition of good values and attitudes.
 Social –greater teamwork, cooperation,
interpersonal skills and positive peer-relationships.

5.  PDHPE teaches students to become more aware
of and how to tackle the following topics and
issues:
 Road safety
 Nutrition
 Peer-relationships
 Personal Identity
 Obesity
 Health Issues
 Sex Education
 Drug Abuse