why is PDHPE important in primary schools

1. The importance of PDHPE
in Primary Schools

2. PDHPE is...
• just as important
to primary school
students as the
other subjects
they study at
school
• a fundamental
part of the
school’s curriculum

3. The AIM of PDHPE
• PDHPE improves students’ personal health
and well being by exploring issues that may
have impact on their physical, mental, and
sexual health, nutrition, interpersonal
relationships, security, safety, quality of
life, growth and development

4. By learning
PDHPE, students will
have the ability to
cope with challenges
they face in everyday
life, therefore making
the right
decisions, and adopt an
active and healthy life
style

5. Students who are
connected to their
parents, family and school
have lower chance of
getting exposed to
violence, smoking, drinking
alcohol, using
drugs, suicide thinking
and risky sexual
behaviour

6. AND REMEMBER...PDHPE IS
ALL ABOUT
***HAVING FUN***