1. Why is it important?

2.  PDHPE stands for, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education!  The school’s need only 2 hours of physical exercise a week.  However it is known that children need about 60 minutes of exercise daily!  PDHPE is one of the six key learning area’s covered in the K – 6 Syllabus.

3.  PDHPE is important for 3 main reasons (among many)  1. It promotes a healthy diet and eating habits which in turn reduces the future risk of heart disease etc.  2. It promotes a healthy physically active lifestyle.

4.  3. PDHPE, provides the learning base for vital skills such as, teamwork, decision making, problem solving, communicating, and the ability to grow and develop these skills.

5.  PDHPE is not just about sport.  It also teaches safe practices and healthy habits, such as washing your hands, brushing your teeth, crossing the road etc..  Children need to develop healthy habits from a young age so as these habits become just that, a habit. PDHPE needs to have a larger role within primary school.