PDHPE teaches students important life skills beyond just sports, including movement, problem solving, communication, interaction, and decision making. It focuses on physical, social, cognitive, and emotional growth, developing relationships, and making healthy lifestyle choices. The teacher aims to teach these skills and topics through a fun and safe environment, emphasizing that PDHPE is about more than just sports and helps students live happy and healthy lives.

1. Primary Development, Health and
Physical Education
Why do we teach PDHPE in schools?

2. What is PDHPE?
PDHPE is an important area
of your child's education.
Rather than just being all
about sport, PDHPE is
concerned with teaching
students about;
- Moving
- Problem solving
- Communicating
- Interacting
- Decision making

3. Why PDHPE?
PDPHE in primary schools is concerned
with;
- Physical, social, cognitive and
emotional growth and development
patterns.
- 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.
- Fundamental movement patterns and
coordinated actions of the body.
- Skills that enable action for better
health and movement outcomes.
(PDHPE K-6 Syllabus)

4. How?
I aim to teach the content and
issues presented in PDHPE through
a fun, happy and safe environment
for your children.
While some parents may feel
PDHPE is not as important as other
learning areas, it is more than just
sport. I am not teaching children to
play a sport, I am teaching them
skills that can be transferred to all
aspects of their lifestyle.
I want to give your children the
skills they can use to inure they live
a happy and healthy lifestyle.

5. What Will We Be Learning About?
- Active Lifestyle
- Dance
- Games and Sports
- Growth and Development
- Gymnastics
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Personal Health Choices
- Safe Living
(PDHPE K-6 Syllabus)

6. Lastly…
Have Fun!!

7. References
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
K-6 Syllabus