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
The nonprofit's strategy has also ensured that each primary school feeds into one of its secondary schools, and that each primary school has a nursery school within its grounds.
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Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
The idea was that nurses placed in primary schools could help treat and prevent communicable diseases so that children could stay in school and receive an education.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
Swedish researchers concluded there was no evidence of a learning loss in early reading skills in Swedish primary school students, and the decision to keep schools open benefited Swedish primary school students.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
More than half have only a primary school education.
Gangs, said Helge Valseth, the governor of Halden (our version of a warden), are a big problem, inside of prisons and out.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Josh O'Connor might have an Emmy for his portrayal of a young Prince Charles on The Crown, but his acting beginnings were humble, playing Scarecrow in a primary school production of The Wizard of Oz.
—Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2024
About 100 of them are from the primary school and the rest from the secondary school.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
This was 6 and 7-year-old kids in a primary school.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
Following the government’s crackdown, primary school students from the lower part of town slowly started attending the public school in the upper area, almost tripling the student body year on year, says Principal Daniel Diaz Guzmán.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2024
Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
The idea was that nurses placed in primary schools could help treat and prevent communicable diseases so that children could stay in school and receive an education.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
Swedish researchers concluded there was no evidence of a learning loss in early reading skills in Swedish primary school students, and the decision to keep schools open benefited Swedish primary school students.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
More than half have only a primary school education.
Gangs, said Helge Valseth, the governor of Halden (our version of a warden), are a big problem, inside of prisons and out.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Josh O'Connor might have an Emmy for his portrayal of a young Prince Charles on The Crown, but his acting beginnings were humble, playing Scarecrow in a primary school production of The Wizard of Oz.
—Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2024
About 100 of them are from the primary school and the rest from the secondary school.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
This was 6 and 7-year-old kids in a primary school.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
Following the government’s crackdown, primary school students from the lower part of town slowly started attending the public school in the upper area, almost tripling the student body year on year, says Principal Daniel Diaz Guzmán.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2024
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primary%20school. Accessed 12 May. 2024.
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