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Personal Development, Health and Physical Education “encompasses all aspects of an individual’s

wellbeing, inclusive of social, mental, physical and spiritual health.”

http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/8042669d-8d52-48a9-a04d-181cfe9ced0d/pdhpek6_principal.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

PAMELA DALTON STUDENT NO. 17507295

The Importance of PDHPE in Primary

Schools!

Within the primary curriculum PDHPE: Encourages an understanding and valuing of self and others Promotes physical activity Emphasises informed decision making leading to effective

and responsible action Physical, social, cognitive and emotional growth and

development patterns The development and maintenance of positive interpersonal

relationships Cont.......

Board of Studies. (2007). Syllabus: Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K-6, Sydney, Australia. 5-8.

“The [PDHPE K-6] syllabus 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.”

(Cont.) Within the primary curriculum PDHPE: The factors influencing personal health choices Living and learning in a safe secure environment The adoption of an active lifestyle Fundamental movement patterns and coordinated actions

of the body Skills that enable action for better health and movement

outcomes.

Board of Studies. (2007). Syllabus: Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K-6, Sydney, Australia. 5-8.

“The aim of the syllabus is to develop in each student the

knowledge and understanding, skills and values and attitudes

needed to lead healthy, active and fulfilling lives.” (8)

PDHPE is the key learning area that focuses on movement skills:

The primary years are an important time for the development of fundamental movement skills. A failure to gain these skills in primary years creates a barrier to ongoing physical activity in adolescence and adulthood. If not developed at this time they are seldom learnt in later life.

Addressing health in primary years is paramount.“Students should be

concerned not only about their own health but also about better

health for all now and in the future.”


Health and Movement is a priority of PDHPE. “Incorporated into the

school program are skills of communicating, decision making, interacting, moving and problem

solving.”

•Active lifestyle•Dance•Games and Sports•Growth and Development•Gymnastics

•Interpersonal Relationships•Personal Health Choices•Safe Living

The skills are introduced and reinforced through the subjects of:

The priority for the Health and Physical Education curriculum is to: provide ongoing, developmentally appropriate and explicit learning about health and movement. The Health and Physical education curriculum draws on its multidisciplinary evidence base to ensure that students are provided with learning opportunities to practise, create, apply and evaluate the knowledge, understanding and skills of the learning area http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/healthand

physical education/Rationale

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/healthand

PDHPE incorporates all aspects of an individual’s wellbeing inclusive

of social, mental, physical and spiritual development.“The syllabus

[forms] the basis for students to adopt a responsible and productive

role in society” (8)

The Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K-6 Syllabus makes a unique contribution to the total primary curriculum in that it is directly concerned with the development of the whole person.
