Learning for Life Programme

Tampines Primary School's Learning for Life Programme nurtures confident, caring leaders through servant leadership and Design Thinking. Find out how students grow through three tiers of leadership and community service.

Last updated 13 August 2026

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Learning for Life Programme

Learning for Life Programme (LLP) – The Community Leader

In Tampines Primary School, we are committed to nurturing Confident and Caring Leaders who are of service to community and society.

Our LLP is predicated on the key principles of servant leadership and weaves in Design Thinking framework to develop creative thinking ability in our students. Undergirded by the three key CCE concepts (i.e. Identity, Relationships, Choices), our curriculum takes on an experiential and authentic learning approach to develop student voice and ownership, empathy, and future-readiness in our students.

We leveraged of our strong partnerships as the first community school, to greatly enrich the learning experiences of our students.

The social and emotional competencies, values, and 21CC learnt from our Form Teacher Guidance Periods and Assembly Programme, as well as various learning opportunities, will be put into action in our daily school life and culminate in thematic VIA & School based projects for each level and CCA.

Overview of our TPPS LLP Experience

We believe that “Every Tampinesian can lead and serve”. Aligned to our School core values iREAP and the Hallmarks of a Tampinesian, our student leadership framework is built on the different spheres of influence that ensures students are given different scopes of development based on their needs and skills acquisition.

Student Leadership Framework

Triangle diagram with nested circles labeled General Leaders, Specialist Leaders, Leaders of Leaders, sides marked Development, Review and Recognition, base Identification and Selection.

LLP Tiers

Our LLP is differentiated into 3 tiers

Tier 1 – General Leaders

General Leaders being the core programme which all Tampinesians will experience in the course of their 6 years in school. Students are provided with basic leadership skills that will enable them to be effective learners guided by strong moral compasses.

Three leadership levels listing programmes: Self, Team, and Thought Leadership across primary school years 1 to 6.

Tier 2 – Specialised Leaders

Specialised Leaders are for students who have exhibited leadership qualities that could be further developed. These students are trained to be effective decision makers as they are given projects to participate in. Students are also provided with targeted training that will help them to be more effective leaders.

Four blue boxes labeled Prefects, CCA Leaders, Peer Leaders, and Ambassadors with arrows pointing to a red circle labeled Specialised Leaders.

Tier 3 – Leaders of Leaders

Leaders of Leaders are students who can lead the other student leaders and be mentors to them. They have shown the qualities that will enable them to serve a larger community. We provide them with opportunities to nurture their leadership potential as they journey through our education system.

Three-step process arrow showing Identification and Selection, Training and Development, then Leaders of Leaders.

Students in white uniforms raise their right hands in a pledge or oath ceremony on a stage.

Prefects taking their pledge

Four Tampines Primary School students in uniforms collect trash in a large black bag outdoors near a carpark.

Keeping our environment clean - VIA ambassadors in action

A boy in a Tampines Primary shirt and blue cap hands a bag to an older man at a gate door.

Supporting our seniors - community leader in action