"Nursery school" and "preschool" are English equivalents of the French phrase école maternelle. The feminine singular phrase translates literally as "maternal school" in English. The pronunciation will be "ey-kol ma-ter-nel" in Alsatian French.
elle travaille dans une école maternelle
the child who attends a kindergarten is 'un / une maternelle' (this is a short for 'un / une élève de l'école maternelle'. Most often parents says 'mon fils est en maternelle' The kindergarten teacher is 'un maître' (masc.) or 'une maitresse (fem. de maternelle'.
Preschool is 'la crèche' (for children too young to go to kindergarten), or 'la maternelle / l'école maternelle' (kindergarten)
l'école maternelle (kindergarden), then l'école primaire (primary school), then le collège (junior high school), then le lycée (senior high school)
kindergarden = l'école maternelle primary school = l'école primaire junior high school = le collège (masc.) senior high school = le lycée (masc.)
'She' is translated 'elle' in French. Ex: she is going to school > elle va � l'école.
French kids go to l'école maternelle (kindergarten), then l'école primaire (primary school), le collège and le lycée (junior high and senior high school). By that time they are aged at least 16, and they can drop out before going to université (college).
"How do you go to school?" is an English equivalent of the French phrase Comment vas-tu à l'école? The question models a linguistic difference whereby English does not always employ "the" where French uses definite articles, in this case l'. The pronunciation will be "kuh-maw va-tyoo a ley-kol" in French.
"Voy a la escuela" or "Voy al cole"
Chery Coles' Nationality is English (In french Anglaise)
In French, "cole" is feminine. The word "cole" means "school" in English. However, in general, gender in French is not determined by the meaning of the word, but rather by the noun's ending or other grammatical factors.
the French word cour means 'yard' in English. 'la cour d'école' is the school yard.