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primary school

NOUN
elementary school
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Nine children have been taken to hospital after eating seeds from trees at a primary school in Nottinghamshire.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

"To me the diamonds have failed us," says Abubakar Amara, a primary school teacher in Kono.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Nine-year-old Blake is trying to climb over the locked gates of his former primary school, St Dominic's in Hackney, when we meet him.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

A primary school in Souston, in the Landes region, will remain shut on Thursday and Friday after it reached 53C inside earlier in the week, a local official told French media.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Shin had known most of his classmates since they were seven years old and started primary school together.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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