(US, Philippines, rarely, Canada, schools) Elementary school; primary school.
Thank you for posting this! No grade school music recital I ever sat through sounded this great
the grade school in this neighborhood takes the kindergarteners for a walk around the block and today the little ducklings are marching while caterwauling the ABC song. they're belting it out like only little kids do…
(US, Philippines, rarely, Canada, schools) Elementary school; primary school.
“Thank you for posting this! No grade school music recital I ever sat through sounded this great”
“the grade school in this neighborhood takes the kindergarteners for a walk around the block and today the little ducklings are marching while caterwauling the ABC song. they're belting it out like only little kids do and it just makes me smile. 💚”
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(US, rare, regional) Elementary school.
(Philippines) A primary education school for grades 1-6 (a continuation of preschool). It is succeeded by junior high school.
(British, Australian, NZ, India, sometimes, Philippines, schools) A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.
Used in Canada and the Philippines to refer to the first year of formal primary school education — equivalent to first grade in standard American usage. In Canada it follows kindergarten; in the Philippines it is the entry point of primary school. 'Grade one' is the standard phrasing in these educational systems.
They’re all just overgrown children; bullies who NEVER matured past grade school.
“They’re all just overgrown children; bullies who NEVER matured past grade school.”
“i bet he had a hard time in grade school”
“Does he know these kids have been taking history classes since grade school?”
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