PDHPE is an important subject that helps students develop knowledge, skills, values and attitudes important for their development into teenagers and adults. It teaches physical skills through sports, games, dancing and gymnastics in PE class, and covers important individual and social issues like road safety, drug education, healthy eating, personal identity and decision making in PDH class.

1. THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING PDHPE

2. IMPORTANCE OF PDHPEPDHPE is a very important part of your development as you change from children into teenagers, and from teenagers into adults.It is the subject that will help you develop “knowledge and understanding, skills, values and attitudes” (BOS, 2007, p.5) that are not only be important for you now as a child, but all throughout your life!

3. IN YOUR PE CLASS:You will develop your physical skills through a range of sports, games, dancing and gymnastics.

4. IN YOUR PDH CLASS:You will learn about very important issues relating to you as an individual and the people around you (society).You may have already learnt some of these, such as:- Road Safety- Drug Education-Healthy Eating- Personal Identity-Decision Making

5. REFERENCES:Board of Studies. (2007). Personal development, health and physical education K-6 syllabus. Sydney: Board of Studies, NSW.