PDHPE aims to develop knowledge, skills, and values to promote healthy, active, and socially responsible lives through physical, social, cognitive, and emotional growth. It provides support during development to foster self-confidence and acceptance, teaches negotiation and conflict resolution to develop positive relationships, and creates healthy behaviors to influence positive personal choices through cooperation, tolerance, and caring.

1. PDHPE Rationale
PDHPE develops
knowledge, skills and values
for leading healthy, active
and socially responsible lives

2. Provide support through the stages
of physical, social, cognitive and
emotional growth to foster self
confidence, acceptance of self and
others
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P
E

3. P
Develop positive interpersonal
relationships through practicing
negotiation, conflict resolution
and tolerance
H
P
E

4. P
D
Help to create healthy behaviours
that influence positive personal
choices
P
E

5. P
D
H
Promote positive attitudes towards
physical activity, and nurture self
esteem through fun and creative
physical activity
E

6. P
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P
Emphasise informed decision making,
responsible action valuing of self
and others through co-operation,
tolerance and caring