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
Following a mass shooting at a primary school in Scotland in 1996 that killed 16 students and a teacher, Parliament banned private ownership of most handguns and semi-automatic weapons; since then there have been no school shootings in the U.K., though attacks with blades remain a serious issue.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 July 2024
With support from Paris 2024, the French Ministry of National Education has also launched a 30-minute daily exercise program in over 1,000 primary schools throughout France.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2024
All universities in Gaza have been destroyed and most primary schools have been closed or serving as shelters.
—Darializa Avila Chevalier, New York Daily News, 5 May 2024
In the mid-1970s, Nigeria introduced universal primary education, sending a large cohort of children through primary school who otherwise wouldn’t have gone.
—Jim Yong Kim, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 July 2024
With support from Paris 2024, the French Ministry of National Education has also launched a 30-minute daily exercise program in over 1,000 primary schools throughout France.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2024
All universities in Gaza have been destroyed and most primary schools have been closed or serving as shelters.
—Darializa Avila Chevalier, New York Daily News, 5 May 2024
In the mid-1970s, Nigeria introduced universal primary education, sending a large cohort of children through primary school who otherwise wouldn’t have gone.
—Jim Yong Kim, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primary%20school. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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