The document discusses the key topics covered in the PDHPE curriculum, including fundamental movement skills, healthy lifestyles, interpersonal relationships, and personal development. It emphasizes the importance of physical health and activity in stimulating growth, improving emotional and psychological health, and boosting self-esteem. A balanced diet from the food pyramid is also covered as an important part of a healthy lifestyle. The curriculum aims to help students understand personal development, health, risk behaviors, and human biology through skills-based learning and outcomes.

1. PDHPE
Moving
Interacting
Decision making
Problem
solving
communication
Personal
Development
Physical
Education
Health
Fundamental movement skills, learning how to live an active
lifestyle through dance, games and sports, growth and
development and interpersonal relationships

2. Lifelong physical activity
Creates positive minds
Creates positive attitudes RESPECT
Creates positive lifestyles
Creates positive environments
Why is Physical health important?
It stimulates growth and helps improve physical and
emotional health, helps psychological and social
development. Most of all it IMPROVES SELF–ESTEEM
AND SELF-WORTH

3. A balanced diet
Fruit
HealthyLiving
Food pyramid
Foodchart
Health
PDHPE helps you make choices to eat the right
foods and give you a balanced diet which can
lead to a better healthier lifestyle

4. PERSONAL HEALTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
Personal development facilitates
successful interaction with others
such as the family and peers. Allows
students to understand and value
themselves as individuals and as
members of groups. Provides an
understanding of personal
development as one experiences the
fundamental body changes.
Explores the challenging areas of
personal development, which
includes health, sexuality, risk-taking
behaviours, human biology and
health systems.

5. Skills and outcomes!
 Non-locomotor skills
 Games
 Personal identity
 Active lifestyle
 Growth and
development
 Interpersonal
relationships
 Personal health
choices
 Safe living
 Nutrition
 Communication
 Road safety.

6. • http://www.rcga.org/_uploads/documents/L2P/EN/pg_016-
017_Why%20is%20sport%20important%20for%20children_.pdf
• http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/go/personal-development-health-and-physical-
education-pdhpe
• http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/article/balanced-diet