PDHPE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education) is a key learning area that promotes healthy and safe living through physical activity, growth and development, health choices, and relationships. It emphasizes informed decision making and acquiring skills like communication, problem solving, decision making, and interaction. The overall aim of PDHPE is to develop students' knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to lead healthy, active, and fulfilling lives by providing a comfortable environment for open discussion of sensitive topics and educating students on maintaining a healthy physical lifestyle through a focus on activities like active lifestyle, dance, games, gymnastics, relationships, and safe living.

1. Personal Development, Health
and Physical Education
PDHPE

2. Why PDHPE is a key learning area
• Promotes healthy and safe living across all areas of
life- Being active, growth and development, health
choices and relationships.
• Emphasises informed decision making which leads to
effective and responsible action.
• Promotes physical activity in children and families.
• Maintains physical, mental, spiritual and social
wellbeing.

3. Skills students acquire through
PDHPE
Communication
Problem solving
Decision making
Interacting
Moving

4. Aim of PDHPE
PDHPE aims to develop in each students the
knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed to lead
healthy, active and fulfilling life. The aim of PDHPE is to
provide students with a comfortable and fun
environment for any open discussion for topics that
may be seen sensitive. It also aims to educate the
students of maintaining a healthy and physical lifestyle.

5. PDHPE will focus on
Active lifestyle
Dance
Games and Sports
Growth and Development
Gymnastics
Interpersonal Relationships
Personal Health Choices
Safe Living