primary school

noun

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

Examples: primary school in a Sentence

Definition of primary school

1 : a school usually including the first three grades of elementary school but sometimes also including kindergarten

2 : elementary school

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Examples of primary school in a Sentence

She goes to primary school.

Recent Examples of primary school from the Web

One primary school had been closed as a precaution, education officials said.

— thomas mukoya, Anchorage Daily News, "Dam on Kenyan flower farm bursts, killing scores," 10 May 2018
Cowen regularly sprayed his white hair green -- the primary school color -- for Tulane's football games.

— contributing writer, NOLA.com, "Lessons in recovery: One man and his fight to save New Orleans," 9 May 2018
And Plantz said construction of the new Westlake primary school building just west of the library will provide even more collaborative opportunities between the library and the Westlake City School District.

— carol kovach, cleveland.com, "Westlake's Porter Public Library levy gets voter approval," 8 May 2018
In all, 917 non-Muslim primary school teachers have left the region.

— Washington Post, "Teachers flee, schools close in Kenya with al-Shabab attacks," 5 May 2018
Despite their skills in language and mathematics, however, the robots inability to maintain discipline amongst a class of primary school children means that, for the time being at least, the human teachers' jobs are safe.

— jan burns, Houston Chronicle, "College students can learn from temporary roles," 15 Apr. 2018
The mayor of Iran's capital Tehran has resigned after hardliners criticized him for attending a ceremony in which primary school girls danced.

— Fox News, "Mayor of Iran's capital Tehran resigns under pressure," 15 Mar. 2018
The floodwaters carved out a dark brown chasm in the hillside and swept away everything in their path – powerlines, homes and buildings, including a primary school.

— thomas mukoya, Anchorage Daily News, "Dam on Kenyan flower farm bursts, killing scores," 10 May 2018
The exodus was caused by the Feb. 16 al-Shabab attack on a primary school in which two non-Muslim teachers were killed.

— Washington Post, "Teachers flee, schools close in Kenya with al-Shabab attacks," 5 May 2018

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