PDHPE aims to teach students how to improve their health and the health of those around them by understanding how social contexts can influence lifestyle choices. It focuses on developing students' physical, social, cognitive, and emotional growth while also promoting skills like problem solving, communication, decision making, and interaction that allow for informed actions leading to better health and movement outcomes. The subject matters covered include active lifestyle, dance, games and sports, growth and development, gymnastics, interpersonal relationships, personal health choices, and safe living.

1. Rationale....
The abilities of individuals to adopt a
healthy lifestyle is affected by the
social context they live in.
PDHPE aims to teach students about
improving not only their health, but
everyone else’s around them.

2. PDHPE Aims to....
•Encourage an understanding and valuing of self
and others
•Promote Physical Activity
•Emphasises informed decision making leading to
effective and responsible actions

3. PDHPE is Concerned with....
•Physical, social, cognitive and emotional growth and development
•The development and maintenance of positive interpersonal relationships
•The factors influencing personal health choices
•Living and learning in a safe environment
•The adoption of an active lifestyle
•Skills that enable action for better health and movement outcomes

4. Moving Problem Solving
SKILLS Interacting
Communication
Decision Making

5. Subject matters covered in PDHPE
•Active Lifestyle
•Dance
•Games and Sport
•Growth and Development
•Gymnastics
•Interpersonal Relationships
•Personal Health Choices
•Safe Living