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A primary school or elementary school is a school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the ages of about five to eleven, coming before secondary school and after preschool. It is the first stage of compulsory education in most parts of the world, and is normally available without charge, but may be offered in a fee-paying independent school. The term grade school is sometimes used in the US though this term may refer to both primary education and secondary education. The term ''primary school'' is derived from the French ''école primaire'', which was first used in 1802. *''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).〔Primary school. In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved on 12 June 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9061377〕 *''Elementary school'' is preferred in some countries, especially in North America and Canada. In the United States, "primary school" may refer to a school with grades Kindergarten through second grade (K-2). In these municipalities, the "elementary school" includes grade three through five.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cartersville City School District :: )〕 The terms ''first school'' or ''infant school'' may also be used in North America though these, strictly speaking, refer to different educational programs. In some places, primary schooling has historically further been divided between ''lower primary schools'' (''LP schools''), which were the elementary schools, and ''higher primary schools'' (''HP schools''), which were established to provide a more practical instruction to poorer classes than what was provided in the secondary schools.〔Bruce Ryburn Payne, ''Public Elementary School Curricula: A Comparative Study of Representative Cities of the United States, England, Germany and France'' (1905), p. 155.〕 ==See also== *Blab school *Early childhood education *Elementary school * *Elementary school (United States) * *Elementary school (England and Wales) * *Elementary schools in Japan *Educational stage *Secondary school 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「primary school」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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