PDHPE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education) is an important subject area in primary school curriculums. It helps students expand their understanding of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth. This increased self-awareness leads to greater self-confidence and acceptance of themselves and others. PDHPE also enhances students' social skills and ability to develop strong relationships through learning effective teamwork, cooperation, and conflict resolution. Additionally, it promotes lifelong healthy habits by providing opportunities for students to improve movement skills and embrace active lifestyles, which supports their physical and mental well-being.

1. Personal Development, Health and
Physical Education (PDHPE)
Importance in Primary Schools.

2. Why PDHPE is an important KLAs in
primary curriculum
• PDHPE expands student's understanding of
their own physical, social, cognitive, and
emotional growth and development.
• Leading to an increased self-confidence and
acceptance of self and others.
• Thus, developing stronger decision making
skills and resilience in responding to
immediate and adverse situations.

3. PDHPE Importance
• PDHPE enhances the development
and maintenance of positive
interpersonal relationships, through
understanding of roles,
responsibilities, effective teamwork
attitude, and other social skills of
cooperation, negotiation and conflict
resolution.
• Thus, enhancing student's
understanding of self and others.

4. PDHPE Importance (continue)
• PDHPE promotes lifelong participation in
physical activity by providing opportunities
for children to develop, practise, and master
different movement skills, through games
(GS), dance (D),gymnastics (G) and other
recreational activities, leading to :
– higher self-esteem and positive feelings of
success and enjoyment.
– stronger bones & muscles, reducing risk of
several diseases and obesity.
– adopting an active lifestyle that promote their
health and wellbeing.

5. PDHPE Importance (continue)
• PDHPE emphasizes informed decision making
that leads to developing self- regulated,
critically reflective & responsible individuals.
• By increasing student's awareness of personal
health choices and safe living attitudes in
simulated classroom environment, students
develop and put healthy, active, and safe
lifestyle decisions (e.g. nutrition, drug use, sexuality,
disease prevention) into practice (i.e. PHC, SL strands).
• And become aware of their own safety and
others.

6. PDHPE Rationale
• Hence, PDHPE is a crucial KLA, as it focuses on
developing the student as a whole person by
promoting the acquisition of effective
communication, interaction, decision making,
problem solving , and quality movement skills.
• PDHPE teaches children to adopt regular
physical activity and healthy habits that
empower them to attain lifelong healthier
body and state of mind.