PDHPE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education) is an important subject for students. Currently, over 25% of Australian school-aged children are overweight or obese, and physical activity levels in schools have been declining. PDHPE provides many benefits to students' overall well-being by improving physical and emotional health, ensuring physical development, and increasing the likelihood of maintaining healthy habits into adulthood. It is more than just physical activity, as it also focuses on personal development, health awareness, values, attitudes, and understanding. Promoting the importance of PDHPE requires effort from parents, students, and teachers to make it an enjoyable part of students' lives.

1. Why PDHPE is important?
Miss Leane Dinh 5/6D

2. What are the statistics?
 As we know obesity has been on the rise over the
previous decades
 Currently 25.3% of school aged children (5-17) are
overweight or obese (Australia Bureau of Statistics,
2012)
 Physical activity in schools have been declining
 But the Department of Health and Ageing
recommends school aged children to participate in 60
minutes of rigorous activity daily

3. What are the benefits?
 Physical activities have many benefits on the overall
wellbeing:
 Having an improved physical and emotional wellbeing
 To ensure a person develops physically to the best of
their ability
 An increased likelihood to carry on these habits well
into their adult life

4. What are the misconceptions?
 PDHPE is not just about physical activity but also the
development and health of a person
 Students develop an awareness of themselves and
others around them
 They develop their values and attitudes and use those
throughout their life
 Developing this at the appropriate stages ensures
children to promote their knowledge and
understanding

5. What you can do to help?
 It is a combined effort on your behalf as parents and
your children as well as I as the teacher to help
promote the importance of PDHPE
 PDHPE deserves to be an important aspect to your
children’s lives and together we shall make this
enjoyable!