PDHPE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education) is important in primary school for developing lifelong skills like communication, interaction, problem-solving and decision-making. It also promotes healthy living and active lifestyles through physical education and nutrition education. Additionally, PDHPE supports students' social health, growth and development as they learn to make friends, respect others, and understand their changing bodies. It also teaches safe living practices such as road, water and emergency safety. PDHPE provides fun opportunities for student-centered learning through creative games and self-reflection.

1. PDHPE
RATIONALLE
Why PDHPE is important in Primary School
Education

2. Helps Develop Life Long
Skills
Skills which are developed through PDHPE will be used
over a lifetime…
• Communicating
• Interacting
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Moving

3. Promotes Healthy Living
and Active Lifestyle
Active Lifestyle- PE
• Development of a
range of fundamental
movement-based skills
• Encouragement of
students of being
active to help maintain
physical health
Healthy Living- PDH
• Nutritional information
provided for kids
• Encouragement of
students to partake in
healthy eating
practices
 HEALTHY LIVING 

4. Social Health, Growth
and Development
• Students learn how to make friends,
to respect each other and to work
together effectively
• Students are able to develop their
own person identity and values
• Students develop an understanding
of the body and how the body
develops as they grow older

5. Promotes Safe Living
Practices
• Ideas about personal safety and
safe/unsafe situations are
developed.
• Road and Water safety is explored
and practiced.
• Students explore rules around play-
why they are there and how they
promote safety
• Emergency procedures are
explored

6. PDHPE IS FUN 
• PDHPE provides many opportunities for students to
work together through student-centred learning.
• Students encouraged to be creative in the
development and playing of games.
• Students are actively engaged in thinking about
who they are and what makes them special.