Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (Mandatory)

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (Mandatory)

Course Description 

Physical Activity and Sports Studies promotes learning about movement and provides PDHPE develops students’ capacity to enhance personal health and well-being. It promotes their enjoyment of and commitment to an active lifestyle and helps them to achieve confidence and competence in a wide range of activities as they maximise movement potential. Through PDHPE students develop skills, values and attitudes that enable them to advocate lifelong health and physical activity.

What will students learn about?

The PDHPE syllabus addresses contemporary health and physical activity concepts important to our students. 

The learning contexts include the following- • alcohol and other drugs • food and nutrition • personal identity • mental health and wellbeing • relationships • sexuality and sexual health • safety • health benefits of physical activity • fundamental movement skills • rhythmic and expressive movement • individual/group/team physical activities • initiative/challenge physical activities • aquatics • lifelong physical activities.