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1. PDHPE Rationale
As the need for a healthy lifestyle has greatly become
an essential goal for our society, PDHPE leads a
fundamental role in primary school education as it
teaches children the importance of healthy life
choices which lead to healthy relationships and
healthy lives, physically and, mentally.

2. Valuing of Self & Others
• PDHPE aims to teach students to
value and respect themselves as well
as others, raising self confidence.
• Helps children to build and maintain
strong relationships in life.

3. Staying Active
• PDHPE promotes a healthy lifestyle
highly inclusive of physical activity.
• Encouraging students to stay active
and learn the values and benefits of
an active life style.

4. Staying Healthy
• PDHPE encourages
healthy eating and Safe Living
teaches students why it • PDHPE teaches and
is important to eat a raises awareness of
healthy, balanced diet. students’ personal
safety, where they may
• Teaching positive health be at risk and methods
choices, and the bodies they can take to keep
nutritional needs. safe.
• E.g. road safety, swim
safety, stranger danger.

5. PDHPE provides children with the life skills to lead healthy,
active, safe and happy life styles.