primary school
noun
1
: a school usually including the first three grades of elementary school but sometimes also including kindergarten
Examples of primary school in a Sentence
She goes to primary school.
Recent Examples on the Web
Fletcher traced its origin to 1978 when the New South Wales Department of Education launched primary school teacher retraining initiatives, initially for a Sydney school district and spreading to other regions from there.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 June 2024
Additionally, authorities closed primary schools across many parts of the country, along with the Acropolis from 12pm to 5pm.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 13 June 2024
The 28-year-old Italian World Cup athlete and the primary school teacher died after falling 2,300 feet off Mount Zerbion in the western part of the Alps, local outlet RAI reported on Saturday.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024
But almost all children in Russia now attend primary school, at least for three or four years; and the present school is almost as much of a forcing-ground for the inculcation of communist ideas as the Young Pioneer organization itself. . . .
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 June 2024
Additionally, authorities closed primary schools across many parts of the country, along with the Acropolis from 12pm to 5pm.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 13 June 2024
The 28-year-old Italian World Cup athlete and the primary school teacher died after falling 2,300 feet off Mount Zerbion in the western part of the Alps, local outlet RAI reported on Saturday.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024
But almost all children in Russia now attend primary school, at least for three or four years; and the present school is almost as much of a forcing-ground for the inculcation of communist ideas as the Young Pioneer organization itself. . . .
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primary%20school. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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