This document outlines the key areas of Personal Development, Health, and Physical Education (PDHPE). It discusses how developing values, attitudes, skills, and knowledge in these areas can lead to an improved quality of life through healthier lifestyle choices. The core topics covered are personal development including interpersonal relationships and growth; health including safe living and personal health choices; and physical activity including active lifestyles, games/sports, dance, and gymnastics. The overarching goal is to achieve better living through a balanced approach to personal development, health, and physical activity.

1. PDHPE
Personal Development Health and Physical Education
Healthy Lifestyle = Better Living
• Improved quality of life
• Less sickness and disability
• Happier experiences
• More opportunities for choices in work and play
• Achieving and maintaining mental, physical,
social and spiritual wellbeing

2. WHAT AREWETRYINGTO ACHIEVE?
VALUES AND ATTITUDES SKILLS KNOWLEDGE
• Appreciate and commit oneself
to a healthy and socially just
ways of living
• Decision Making
• Communicating
• Moving with competence and
confidence
• Forming and maintaining
positive relationships
• Understand ways to enhance
personal and community
health and wellbeing
• The composition, performance
and appraisal of movement

3. PD = PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Interpersonal Relationship
• Positive relationships with families, peers, groups and
society
• Develop personal identity
• Develop positiveValues
• Develop communication skills
Growth and Development
• Knowledge and understanding of the body and human
sexuality
• Recognising and understanding changes
• Develop positive values and attitudes

4. HEALTH
Safe Living
• Personal Safety
• Home Safety
• School and Play Safety
• Water Safety
• Emergency Procedures
Personal Health Choices
• Making Decisions
• Nutrition
• Health Services and Products
• Drug Use
• Environmental Health
• Preventive measure

5. PE = PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Active Lifestyle Games and
Sport
• Ways to be active
• Effects of physical
activities
• Develop non
locomotor &
locomotor skills
• Manipulative skills
• How to play games
• Athletics
• Aquatics
Dance Gymnastics
• Develop non
locomotor and
locomotor skills
• Elements of Dance
• Composition
• Dance styles
• Develop non
locomotor and
locomotor skills
• Elements of
movement
• Composition

6. D
H
P
E
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT + HEALTH + PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
== BETTER LIVING