Robert Le Kyng Primary School

Last week, Reception and KS1 were lucky enough to have a visit from the Author and Illustrator, Duncan Beedie. Duncan read to the children his book, Heavy Metal Badger. As well as this, he drew the Badger live. Year 2 then had a separate workshop on illustration with him! How Fantastic!

Just before the Easter Holidays, four of our Year 5 pupils participated in the Blue Kite Debating Competition. This event brought together schools from across the trust, and in front of an audience the children had to articulate arguments as well as counterarguments with clarity and confidence. The children did brilliantly and we are thrilled to announce that Robert Le Kyng emerged as runners-up!

Yesterday, Year 4 welcomed Swindon Evangelical Church to talk about the meaning of Easter for Christians. They enjoyed learning about the Easter story and completing a craft activity.

Our Year 5’s have had a fun packed few days at PGL.

World Book Day 2026!! What a fantastic day we all had! Kicking the day off with our staff play of “The Gingerbread Man”, music, arts and crafts and sharing our love of reading!

Exciting afternoon for our school councillors making a difference to the community

Wow! What a fab day! Reception have had a fantastic day celebrating the work of Julia Donaldson. We all dressed up in some fantastic costumes, shared our favourite Julia Donaldson books as well as taking part in a variety of activities. They included making iced buns from the Highway Rat, Cave paintings from Cave Baby and Zog faces!

Last week we received a letter, from Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, congratulating all staff at Robert Le Kyng for work supporting disadvantaged pupils. Their achievements placed us amongst the best nationally. Hard word, ambition, commitment as well as building strong communities around ALL our children, with parents too, means we continue to help our children strive to achieve their full potential academically and personally.

What a fun morning KS1 had! We were lucky enough to have the Pantomime of Alladin visit us! Lots of fun was had by all.

Today, Year 4 welcomed Mr Egypt into school as part of their topic on Ancient Egypt. Mr Egypt is an Egyptologist with a wealth of knowledge and experience. Year 4 had a great time and learnt a lot through fun activities and storytelling!

Today, our school council visited the Civic Offices to learn about the role of a council, the history of Swindon’s democracy as well as see some of the artefacts collected over the years. The school council had a tour by Madam Mayor and a wonderful time was had by all. Thank you for having us!