infants

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of infant
2. (Australia, UK)The section of a primary school for the education of younger children, typically the classes of reception or kindergarten and years (grades) one and two.

   “Near-synonym: infant school”

   “It was around the time I moved from infants to juniors, which was based in a different building, so it felt like going to big school.”

   “Although of course we did harder work in the juniors than we did in infants, there were still times when we relaxed and just enjoyed ourselves.”

   “George had Josh's form tutor for science, and she talked down to them, like they were still in infants, whereas Mr. Barton treated them like adults.”