Spiritual Dimension

This chapter explores the development of the spiritual dimensionDimensionsspiritual within the Health and Physical Education (HPE) learning areaHealth and Physical Education (HPE)learning area and with a specific focus on using ‘values’ for implementing wellbeing; which sits within the Whole child development element of quality physical education. The spiritual dimension may be connected to a religion but it may not. Having emphasised that HPE is more than the physical dimension, it can be argued that the physical dimension does offer unique opportunities and perhaps more so than others, for children to experience ‘a sense of connection’, a spiritual dimension. Connections can be made between spirituality and the nine universal competencies (attitudes, values and skills): Reflection, Collaboration and cooperation, Learning to learn, Respect, Responsibility, Empathy, Self-regulation, Persistence and Trust.