PDHPE in the primary classroom is important for developing students' knowledge and skills for a healthy lifestyle, including choosing nutritious food, embracing physical activity, and learning healthy habits. It also enhances students' social and cultural relationships by providing opportunities for interaction, helps students understand their own and others' movement capabilities, and educates them about safety topics like home, school, road, and water safety.

1. Rationale advocating the teaching of PDHPEin the primary classroomBy FatenOsta 17363017

2. Choosing healthy and nutritious food Embracing physical activities rather than sedentary activities Learning and practising healthy habits PDHPE develops students’ knowledgeand skills required to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. M DM CO PS IN

3. PDHPE provides students with opportunity to interact with others enhancing their social and cultural relationships not only within the school but also in the wider community.

4. PDHPE helps students understand and evaluate the importance of their movement capacities and capabilities and that of others while having FUN. FUN

5. Home and school safety Personal safety Road safety Water safety PDHPE educates students about safety and helps them identify aspects of risk and harm.

7. Intellectually: Knowledge, understanding, decision-making and problem-solving.

8. Physically: Fitness, movement, growthand activity. Social Physical Intellectual