PDHPE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education) teaches children about health, physical activity, development and safety. It promotes physical activity, healthy eating, informed personal health choices, self-understanding and positive relationships. Students develop skills like movement, problem-solving, communication, interaction and decision-making. PDHPE develops students' knowledge and understanding in interpersonal relationships, growth, games, gymnastics, dance, active lifestyle, personal health choices and safe living. The subject aims to facilitate healthy lifestyles by shaping students physically, emotionally and mentally.

1. Personal Development
Health And Physical
Education
PDHPE is an important subject for the
student learning experience. It teaches
children about health, physical
activity, development and safety.

2. PDHPE is an important key learning
area within the primary school
curriculum in which:
Promotes and encourages physical activity in a fun and safe
environment.
Encourages a healthy lifestyle, through promotion of healthy
eating habits and positive attitudes.
Encourages students to make informed decisions regarding
personal health choices.
Encourages an understanding and valuing of self and others.
Promotes development of positive interpersonal relationships.
Teaches them fundamental movement skills.
Is concerned with the factors influencing personal health
choices.
NSW Board to Studies (2007)

3. Various Skills are Developed in
PDHPE
Students develop:
 Moving Skills
 Problem-solving Skills
 Communicating Skills
 Interacting Skills
 Decision-making Skills
All these skills are essential for the well being of students
throughout every day life.
These five skills that are taught within the PDHPE program; equips
students to be both highly functional and healthy human
beings.
NSW Board to Studies (2007)

4. PDHPE Develops students knowledge
and understanding through the
following strands:
Interpersonal Relationships
Growth and Development
Games and Sports
Gymnastics
Dance
Active Lifestyle
Personal Health Choices
Safe living
NSW Board to Studies (2007)

5. PDHPE is also great fun!
PDHPE not only teaches children important life skills; it also gets
them active in a fun and safe environment.
Children learn to enjoy physical exercise and grow together
physically, emotionally and mentally with their peers.
PDHPE aims to facilitate change into students’ lives by shaping
them into healthy kids, which will lead to healthy futures.
So remember, PDHPE aims to develop students’
knowledge, understanding, values, skills and positive attitudes that
are needed to adapt an active healthy lifestyle. If change can be
implemented now, children’s futures will be much brighter. So let’s
do what we can for the next generation and support and promote
PDHPE.
NSW Board to Studies (2007)

6. Reference:
NSW Board of Studies. (2007). Personal
development, health and physical education K-6
syllabus. New South Wales, Sydney.