A primary school (from French école primaire[1]) is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Compulsory education is Education which children are required by law to receive and governments to provide Primary education is the first stage of Compulsory education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 [2] In some countries, and especially in North America, the term elementary school is preferred. See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary Children generally attend primary school from around the age of four or five until the age of eleven or twelve.
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Australia
In Australia, Primary School is for children aged 5-12. The year levels:
Grade: age: description: ACTAP:
- kindergarten -5yrs- (to teach the basics) N
- year 1 -6yrs- (grade 1) N
- year 2 -7yrs- (grade 2) N
- year 3 -8yrs- (grade 3) Y
- year 4 -9yrs- (grade 4) N
- year 5 -10yrs-(grade 5) Y
- year 6 -11yrs-(grade 6) N
After primary school, students move on to high school.
United Kingdom
In the UK schools providing primary education in the state sector are known as primary schools. State school is an expression used in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to distinguish schools provided by the government from privately They generally cater for children aged from four to eleven. Primary schools are often subdivided into infant schools for children from four to seven and junior schools for ages seven to 11 (Excluding Scotland, where all from age 4-12 are catered for in the one institution. An Infant school is a type of School which caters for young children usually between the ages of 4 and 7 years A junior school is a type of School which caters for children often between the ages of 4 and 11 )
In the private sector fee-paying schools which provide primary education are known as preparatory schools, and they often cater for children up to the age of thirteen. In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school (usually abbreviated to prep school As their name suggests, preparatory schools are designed to prepare pupils for entrance examinations for fee-paying independent schools. An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school relying upon private sources for all of its funding predominantly in the form of school fees
United States
In the United States the term primary school is used in a general way to describe the primary grades, usually meaning kindergarten (ages five to six) to second grade (ages seven to eight), but sometimes extending to third grade (ages eight to nine). Education in the United States is provided mainly by government with control and funding coming from three levels federal, state, and local. ( German, literally means "children's garden" is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling In the United States Second grade (called Grade 2 in some regions is a year of Primary education. In the United States third grade (called grade 3 in some regions is a year of Primary education. The term is also sometimes used to describe a school which provides the first three or four years of elementary or primary education. Very few schools in the US actually use the term primary school as part of their school name and such schools are generally private schools, serving very young children. For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered
Malaysia
In Malaysia, the first six years of education take place in primary schools. Education in Malaysia may be obtained from government-sponsored schools, Private schools or through Homeschooling. A standardized test is given to all national primary school students at their final year, before proceeding to five years of secondary education.
See also
- Educational stages
- Elementary school
- List of primary and elementary schools by country
References
- ^ Online Etymology Dictionary
- ^ Primary school. Educational stages vary around the world Some countries describe the different stages in years whereas other countries use a system of grades See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 12 June 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9061377
Dictionary
primary school
-noun
- (education) The first formal, obligatory school. Usually begins with kindergarten or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.
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