1. PDHPE allows us to learn about leading an active
lifestyle, growth and development, relationships,
personal health choices and safe living. We are
going to explore some of the various benefits of
participating in physical activity and making
healthy and safe choices.

2. Benefits of
PDHPE
“Promotes
physical activity”
“Encourages an
understanding
and valuing of
self and others”
“Emphasises
informed decision
making leading to
effective and
responsible
action”Develops students’
“appreciation of and
a commitment to
healthy and socially
just ways of living”
“Develops students’ knowledge and
understanding about ways to enhance
personal and community health and
wellbeing, and the composition,
performance and appraisal of movement”
“Develops students’
skills in making,
communicating and
acting upon health
decisions; moving with
competence and
confidence; and forming
and maintaining positive
relationships”
Board of Studies. New South Wales. Primary Syllabus K-6. Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

3. One of the aims of
physical education is
to enable students to
develop positive
attitudes towards
physical activity and
lifelong habits of
participation. This is
why PDHPE is a vital
part of the primary
school curriculum.

4. PDHPE...
...is an important key learning area within the primary
curriculum as it promotes physical activity to encourage
physical, social and emotional growth of all students,
supports the acquisition of essential movement skills
and nurtures positive attitudes towards lifelong healthy
and active lifestyles
www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au

5. PDHPE “makes a unique
contribution to the total
school curriculum in
that it is directly
concerned with
supporting the
development of the
student as a whole
person.”
www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/primary/pdhpe