PDHPE in primary schools aims to educate children about physical activity, healthy lifestyles, team building and safety. It keeps children's bodies moving while having fun, helps them solve problems through sport strategies, and benefits communication skills through promoting teamwork and conflict resolution. PDHPE also helps children make decisions regarding healthy lifestyle choices as well as road, water and personal safety.

1. Why Teach PDHPE in
primary schools?
To ensure that children are educated in important issues
surrounding physical activity, healthy lifestyles, team
building and safety.

2. Keep Bodies Moving
• Children become aware of the benefits of in physical
activity for themselves and their body.
• Children can move their body and have fun at the
same time.

3. Helps to Solve Problems
• Provides children with sport strategies that they can use
when making decisions in a game: how to score, how to
block your opponent, who to pass the ball to.

4. Benefits Communication
and Interaction Skills
• Children learn how to communicate in a way that promotes
positive social relationships, conflict
resolution, encouragement and teamwork.

5. Decision Making
• Helps children to understand healthy lifestyles choices by
providing them with nutritional information.
• Promotes decision making regarding road safety, water
safety and personal safety.