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primary school

NOUN
elementary school
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In one video posted by a primary school in Davao Occidental province, dozens of terrified students can be seen squatting on the shaking ground.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

When the children moved from Baden Powell to Nightingale, they joined their new classmates in their very modern primary school building, which has a climbing wall, cookery and art rooms, and a rooftop sensory garden.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Marcinko was an unlikely international model, says a primary school classmate who we are calling "Jozef".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Following an uncomplicated pregnancy, primary school teacher Lauryn and her husband Andrew, a carpenter, say they "didn't have too much of a plan" beyond an expected vaginal delivery at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

It gave off a sharp sound when you tapped it, and it would not need to be painted regularly like the wooden ones we had in primary school.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang




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