1. PDHPE
Life Essentials

2. Games are for:
‘development of self-confidence, to foster enjoyment and promote
play’
(Phillips & Roper, 2006, p. 133)

3. Strengths in teaching PDHPE
• Healthy Mind
• Healthy Body
• Physical
• Affective
• Social
• Cognitive

4. PDHPE Promotes:
• Growth
• Maturation
• Development
Safe living and personal healthy
choices

5. Personal Development, Health and Physical
Education
• Inclusion
• Access
• Equity
• Engagement
• Equal opportunity
• Participation
• Social justice

6. If you do not use your body, you will lose it!
Teachers have the capacity to:
Take a hand
Touch a heart
Develop a mind
(Meldrum & Peters, 2012, p. 112)