TEACHING PDHPE

The school subject that promotes life long

learning!

KEEPS CHILDREN ACTIVE

Active children are healthy children

Healthy children are focused children

Focused children are better learners

HELPS STUDENTS MAKE CONSIDERED CHOICES

The importance of healthy eating

Road safety/ bike safety

Child protection

Peer pressure

Drug and alcohol refusal

PROMOTES TOLERANCE

PDHPE incorporates team work which in turn

Encourages healthy interpersonal

relationships

Promotes tolerance, understanding and

caring

Helps children develop a first hand

appreciation of diversity

SKILLS

PDHPE teaches basic skills such as kicking,

catching, throwing and passing

These skills enable children to play cooperative

sports and thus encourage interpersonal relationships

These skills are useful all though an individual’s life

and encourages fitness as an adult by providing the

skills one needs to play team sports

HOLISTIC, LIFE-LONG LEARNING

It allows critical thinking in exposing students to the power

of media in shaping food decisions and the media’s role in

peer pressure

It promotes open discourse about sensitive developmental

issues

It helps students make informed decisions that will impact

upon their future health and well being

ENOUGH ALREADY, LETS GO PLAY!