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Little Olive Tree
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A Journey of Purpose, Discipline and "One-Buttock Teaching"
To date, three of our Little Olive Tree preschools— Yishun, Ang Mo Kio, and Holland Village —have achieved the SPARK 2.0 Quality Certification . We celebrate this milestone not because it was easy, but because it demanded the very best of us. Getting SPARK is certainly not a walk in the park . It is more like learning the piano—slow, deliberate, sometimes awkward, and often full of scales you don’t feel like practising. It calls for thoughtful planning, clear thinking, purp
SPARK 2.0: A Journey of Excellence
A Milestone Worth Celebrating We are thrilled to share that three of our Little Olive Tree preschools—Yishun, Ang Mo Kio, and Holland Village—have achieved the SPARK 2.0 Quality Certification . This milestone reflects our commitment to providing your child with an environment where learning is purposeful, joyful, and deeply meaningful. What is SPARK 2.0? SPARK stands for Singapore Preschool Accreditation Framework , a national quality assurance framework developed by the Ear
2025 K2 Concert: You Are Value-Able!
Reflections from Little Olive Tree’s 2025 K2 Graduation Concert This year’s K2 Graduation Concert — You Are Value-Able! — celebrated more than just the end of a preschool journey. It was a joyful reminder of what truly gives life meaning: knowing that we are valued and that we can bring value to others. The concert showcased Little Olive Tree’s five core values — Care, Respect, Responsibility, Courage, and Honesty — through a delightful story performed by the K2 class
POP 3.0: A New Chapter
In the competitive landscape of early childhood education in Singapore, where government-backed childcare promises affordability and accessibility, private preschools face an uphill battle for survival. For Little Olive Tree Preschools, the journey has been one of faith, perseverance, and unwavering commitment to nurturing young lives with truth, beauty, and goodness. Our story began in 1974 when our first preschool was established under Presbyterian Community Services to m
Let Your Light Shine, With Us!
Light is a wonderful thing. It does not exist for itself — it shines so that others may see. On 18 October 2025, the Let Your Light Shine Career Fair at Little Olive Tree (Rochor) was just that — a gathering of light. Jointly organised by the Presbyterian Church in Singapore, Singapore Life Church, and Presbyterian Preschool Services, the event brought together close to 30 participants in a warm, faith-filled morning of sharing, laughter, and inspiration. From the openi
Growing & Glowing with Michele Koh
At Little Olive Tree, faith-based early childhood education center, we believe that every educator has the potential to be extraordinary. We're incredibly proud to announce that Michele Koh , one of our outstanding early childhood educators, has been honored with the prestigious ECDA Award for Outstanding (Commendation) Award . This recognition from Singapore's Early Childhood Development Agency celebrates not just Michele's achievements, but the values that define quality
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Concluding Good Start Conference 2025
Last Friday marked the fourth Good Start Conference, a gathering that reminded us once again why early childhood education matters so deeply. From the start, the heart behind the conference has always been simple: to provide teachers with a space for growth, inspiration, and connection—not glamour, but genuine learning. This year’s conference carried fresh energy. Leaders from across the early childhood sector joined us, alongside interactive booths that allowed participants
Aug 252 min read
Knowledge Exchange - Hong Kong Education Bureau
On 30 July, Little Olive Tree @ Ang Mo Kio welcomed a team from the Hong Kong Education Bureau — two educational psychologists and an inspector currently working on a School-based Teacher Development Project aimed at enhancing teachers’ ability to support young children’s social-emotional growth and positive behaviour. Their visit to LOT was part of an international learning exchange, focused on understanding how inclusive education can be meaningfully integrated into dai
Aug 182 min read
Roots and Branches: Celebrate SG60!
Learning Journey with Heart: Little Olive Tree Children and Seniors from Presbyterian Eldercare@Potong Pasir AAC Celebrate SG60 Together On 7 August 2025, the spirit of community and connection came alive as children from Little Olive Tree Bukit Arang and Hougang came together with 30 seniors from Potong Pasir Active Ageing Centre (AAC) for a heartwarming intergenerational learning journey. Themed around heritage, togetherness, and celebration, the event was held in conjunct
Aug 81 min read
Here We Are — LOT’s NDP 2025 Cover
This year’s NDP song " Here We Are" carries a deeply personal meaning for our Little Olive Tree family — especially for the children, teachers, and leaders of Ang Mo Kio and Bukit Arang. In 2024, when a sudden fire incident disrupted our AMK centre, Bukit Arang responded not with hesitation, but with hospitality . They opened their doors, hearts, and classrooms — embodying the spirit of koinonia (fellowship) and the biblical call to carry one another’s burdens. In that ti
Jul 82 min read
Little Olive Tree Rings in the Lunar New Year at Pasir Ris Central
The Pasir Ris Central Chinese New Year Party was a vibrant and joyous gathering where families, children, and the community came together to celebrate the festive season. Held at Pasir Ris Sport Centre, the event was filled with laughter, cultural performances, and heartwarming moments of connection. Mr. Desmond, our Senior Minister of State, graced the occasion, delivering an inspiring speech and taking memorable photos with the children. A Stage Full of Young Stars 🌟 A h
Feb 242 min read
P51 starts weekly community gardening sessions with Coral Ris residents!
LOT Pasir Ris 51 has started a community gardening project in collaboration with the Coral Ris Residents Committee (RC), aiming to provide a valuable outdoor learning experience for our children. One session will be held every Thursday from 9-10am, with the K1s and K2s taking turns every alternate week. They were thrilled to launch the first two sessions at the end of May! The children were a little shy at the beginning and took some warming up to interact with the seniors. H
Jun 10, 20243 min read
Children from LOT Hougang bond with seniors over music
Children from LOT Hougang often have partnerships with the seniors from St Luke's Eldercare as they have a centre situated just around the corner from their preschool. In May, they started a monthly session of Do Re Mi, with the children and seniors! Do Re Mi Music and Movement Programme 哆来咪音乐小课堂 was designed to engage children in their natural element in order to cultivate a love for musical expression as well as the Chinese Language. Designed in-house by our Chinese C
Jun 6, 20242 min read
Our LOT Woodlands children perform at Woodlands Zone 1 RN Block Party!
Yesterday, our children from LOT Woodlands were invited to join in a block party hosted by Woodlands Zone 1 RN, which had games, performances, food and more! Gracing the event was Ms Mariam Jaafar, the Grassroots Adviser to Woodlands GRCs. Our Nursery, K1 and K2 kids came together to perform 2 songs for the residents - "Be like a Tree" and "我要向山举目". Their song and dance brought so much joy and light to the residents, evident from the big smiles from everyone present! Watch t
May 27, 20241 min read
Parent volunteers give of their hearts and time to support Creation C.A.R.E 2024
With every big event that we organise and execute for the children, we are blessed to always have our village rooting for us and coming through with their different talents and time to make things work. For Creation C.A.R.E this year, we were fortunate to have a variety of parent volunteers who took on different roles in helping us, from creating the artworks to being there for the art showcase. Over at LOT Holland Village, it started with the mother of one of the K2s who
May 21, 20243 min read
Children at Marsiling fundraise for Children's Cancer Society
During the last week of December, the children at LOT Marsiling created craftwork to be sold to fundraise for donations. As we all know, Christmas is a time for sharing love, joy, and to give. This project was birthed during that season because the team wanted the children to learn the importance of thinking for others and modelling kindness to help them grow into productive and loving members of this society. Thus, the teachers chose three organisations that work with childr
Jan 19, 20241 min read
Big Causes by Little Voices: Fundraising by Pasir Ris 21!
Joy and laughter could be heard from afar from children and parents at our Pasir Ris 21 Centre last Thursday during their Carnival – Big Causes by Little Voices. The heart of the carnival was to raise funds for the community. They kicked off the carnival with performances at the void deck, where children were singing and playing instruments enthusiastically. The music captivated many including the residents living in the neighbourhood. Additionally, games were organised by th
May 18, 20231 min read
Presbyterian Preschool Services’ Roadshow at English Presbytery’s Holy Week Convention
On 7th April 2023, more than 6,000 people gathered at EXPO Hall 1 for the English Presbytery’s Holy Week Convention . Other than providing activity zones to engage the youngest of the Good Friday Service attendees, PPS also took the opportunity to showcase how we desire and intend to build a strong foundation in truth, beauty and goodness for the children who come through our doors. The Motivation behind Truth, Beauty and Goodness PPS exists to meet the needs and challenges
Apr 12, 20233 min read
Blessing the community amidst the Lunar New Year festivities!
The Lunar New Year is always an exciting festival for everyone, especially for children! It means time with family, new year goodies and a rest from everyone’s usual routines at school or work. Much of the excitement is also fuelled by children dressing up in their New Year outfits! Most of us look forward to New Years mostly because of what it signifies – a brand new year that is accompanied by new hopes, new opportunities and a fresh start. A do-over, for those of us who ar
Feb 7, 20233 min read
Children's Day baking fun with SPS Baey Yam Keng!
One thing that brings a smile to the faces of both children and adults alike would definitely be carnivals! For children's day this year, Tampines Centre was treated to just that - a Children's Day Carnival with games, food, activities, and basically all things fun. To start off the morning, children had a blast with their friends and teachers outdoors, trying their hand at exciting games like toss the ring and tumbling cups. They were also thrilled to play circle games and c
Oct 10, 20221 min read
Loving our migrant workers this National Day!
National Day is around the corner and we had celebrated Singapore’s 57th birthday with our children! Our theme for the National Day activities this year is “Loving Our Country”. Our children were reminded to thank God for the wonderful Singapore that he has placed us in. Other ways that we can love our country would be to do good and love our neighbours! Not just our next door neighbours, but anyone and everyone who is around us. This year, we paid homage to the migrant worke
Aug 1, 20222 min read
Preschool children put up art showcase using recycled materials to advocate for caring for the earth
Curious faces and fingers being pointed excitedly at cute little crabs and turtles were a common sight at Central Public Library in the last week of April. Not real ones of course - a whole underwater world including ocean and sea animals, corals and more was created by the little but nimble hands of preschool children! Children from Presbyterian Preschool Services had collected materials such as used plastic bottles, cardboards, straws, cups an d newspapers to create impress
May 5, 20224 min read
Project Good Sam 2021 Wrap-up
Our inaugural Project Good Sam in 2021 has happily come to an end! All our 11 Centres participated in this community service project held from March to September 2021. A total of 630 children contributed 17,000 hours of their time to this good cause. They also rallied 380 parent and alumni volunteers to support this endeavour. Collectively, they prepared 400 gift packs for the elderly and raised $10,000 for Dorcas Home Care Service. This was no mean feat especially with the C
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Project Good Sam x PCS Bukit Batok
As part of Start Small Dream Big , all our 11 centres are participating in Project Good Sam , a nationwide initiative, teaching preschool children how to love others, especially those in need. Most of our centres will be preparing and distributing gift packs to the elderly beneficiaries of our parent organisation, Presbyterian Community Services (PCS). For the gift distribution held on 30 April 2021 , it was a collaborative effort between PCS Bukit Batok Centre and the Volun
May 1, 20212 min read
Making Ripples with Pebbles
Project Good Sam: OHANA - One Helps ANother Always “ Project Good Sam ” was borne out of a desire to help preschoolers grow up honouring every individual they meet. In an initial think-tank meeting, Ms N. Kannigadevi, the Assistant Director of the Capability Support Division of Presbyterian Community Services (PCS) shared, “preschool children do not actually see the girls from Grace Orchard School differently. They recognize them as adults, as teachers.” In other words, upb
Apr 26, 20212 min read
Project Good Sam @ PCS Holland Village
This year, PCS Holland Village embarked on a project called “ Project Good Sam ”, which is a community service initiative and campaign by the Christian Preschool Alliance, which aim is to nurture preschool children to love those around them. Over the first two weeks of April, the staff, children and parents packed gift packs containing pillows and pillow cases that were to be given out to some of the elderly who are served by PCS Dorcas Home Care Service. On 10 April 2021 , a
Apr 13, 20211 min read
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