PDHPE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education) is an important subject that promotes physical, social, cognitive, and emotional growth. It encourages understanding of self and others, physical activity, and living in a safe environment. PDHPE helps kids be more active, develop communication and leadership skills, and learn how to stay safe. It also promotes a healthier lifestyle and highlights the causes of obesity, such as junk food and inactivity. Making PDHPE an important part of school is beneficial because physically active students can achieve higher academic levels, and a healthy lifestyle enhances all aspects of life for growing children.

1. PDHPE
Rationale
The Importance of PDHPE in
schools
Miss Evelyn Richards (Year 1)

2. Lets look at what PDHPE
promotes
Encourages an understanding and valuing of self
and others
Promotes physical activity
Physical, social, cognitive and emotional growth
and development patterns
Living and learning in a safe secure environment
Skills that enable action for better health and
movement outcomes

3. Benefits
Help kids be more active
Helps build communication, leadership and
decision making skills.
Provides knowledge about keeping safe in
different situations.
Encourages a healthier lifestyle.

4. In todays society
The obesity levels are vastly increasing
throughout the world and an importance for a
healthy lifestyle if being promoted.
There are many causes for obesity and they
include junk food, lower levels of physical activity
etc.
PDHPE helps to highlight these causes and
helps kids from a young age to realize the
dangerous.

6. Lets make it important
Lets make PDHPE an important part of our kids
school because it has been proven that a wellnourished and physically active student will be
able to reach their potential academic levels.
Having a healthy lifestyle will flow into other
aspects of life which is important for any growing
child.
Lets make it important!!!