1. TEACHING PDHPE The school subject that promotes life long learning!

2. KEEPS CHILDREN ACTIVE  Active children are healthy children  Healthy children are focused children  Focused children are better learners

3. HELPS STUDENTS MAKE CONSIDERED CHOICES  The importance of healthy eating  Road safety/ bike safety  Child protection  Peer pressure  Drug and alcohol refusal

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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!