1. Personal Development, Health
and Physical Education
Why is it important to teach in Primary Schools?

2. PDHPE is an important key learning area
within the primary curriculum because it:
- Encourages an understanding and valuing of self and others.
- Promotes physical activity.
- Emphasises informed decision making skills, leading to effective
and responsible action.
Importance

3. PDHPE improves LIFE SKILLS through the teaching of
and development of the following 5 key skill areas.
Promotes the teaching of Life Skills
Communication
Moving
Decision Making
Interacting Problem Solving

4. Address some of the issues that Face
Children Today:
Road Safety
Peer Relations
Personal Identity
-Drug UseNutrition

5. PDHPE encourages learning
-The incorporation of active and practical teaching
methods ,lessons are made more fun.
- Each lesson has a purpose and skill that will
be learnt as a result.
- lessons include skills across all the other KLA
such as literacy and numeracy.
- PDHPE follows the game sense
and fair play approach.

6. Most of all
PDHPE
FUN
&
LIFELONG
Learning experience
Is
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