PDHPE teaches important life skills to primary school children such as interacting, decision making, communicating, and problem solving. It encourages healthy choices and helps children value themselves and others. Research shows students who exercise and eat well perform better academically and behave positively. PDHPE promotes overall well-being, active lifestyles, and informed decision making.

2. Why teach PDHPE in primary
schools?
• PDHPE is an important factor in
children’s lives.
• It helps children chose the
healthier choices and options in
life.
• It encourages children to value
themselves and friends, hence
helps children communicate and
interact with other children.

3. Importance of PDHPE
• PDHPE is important for children, because it will help them
develop the following skills:
• Interacting skills
• Decision making skills
• Communicating skills
• Moving skills
• Problem solving skills

4. Facts of PDHPE
• Department of Health issued recommendations for 5-12
years old of 60 minutes of moderate and vigorous physical
activity per day.
• Children are more prone to heat stress than adults and
should therefor not exercise for long periods of time and
in extreme conditions.
• It is proven that “students who are well-nourished and
physically active are able to reach their academic
potential and exhibit positive behaviors in classroom.

5. Outcomes of PDHPE
• PDHPE promotes the overall well-being
of students, active lifestyle, growth and
development, personal health choices
etc.
• The aims of PDHPE is to develop skills
such as communicating, decision
making, interacting, moving and problem
solving.
• PDHPE encourages an understanding of
others and emphasizes informed
decision making leading to responsible
action.

6. PDHPE also pin points issues
such as:
Drug Use
Nutrition
Road Safety