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Republic of croatia

Republic of croatia. Commenius project “Friendship of dances”. Location of Croatia in Europe. Croatia is located in Central and  Southeas t Europe, bordering Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the southeast, Montenegro 

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Republic of croatia

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  1. Republic of croatia Commenius project “Friendship of dances”

  2. Location of Croatia in Europe • Croatia is located in Central and Southeast Europe, bordering Hungary to the northeast, Serbiato the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the southeast, Montenegro  to the southeast, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest and Slovenia to the northwest.

  3. Basic info about Croatia • Declaration of Independence: 8th of October, 1991 • Population of Croatia: around4,29 million • Capital city: Zagreb • Official language: Croatian • Demonym: Croat, Croatian • Currency: Kuna (HRK) • Anthem: Lijepanašadomovino(Our Beautiful Homeland)

  4. CROATIAN NATIONAL FLAG • Croatian National flag is a red-white-blue tricolor with the historic Croatian chequered coat of arms (25 red and white fields) and stylized crown with five smaller shields featuring coats of arms.

  5. CROATIAN ANTHEM • The Croatian anthem Lijepa naša (Our Beautiful Homeland) was written in 1835. (Antun Mihanović ) and set to music in 1846. (Josip Runjanin). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjqgLZ7fZY4&feature=related

  6. The Kuna • The currency of Croatia is the Kuna.

  7. Croatian Language • The Croatian language is based on a Southern Slavic language used in Bosnia, Herzegovina, and some parts of Italy.

  8. Try to read these Croatian sentences  Laku noć. – Good night. Dobar dan. – Good afternoon. Ne govorim hrvatski. – I cannot speak Croatian.

  9. Regions of Croatia • There are eight zones that Croatia can be split into. • There are the Dalmatian regions (purple, tan, blue, and light purple). • TheMountain region. • The Slavonijaregion. (Slatina is located in this region) • The is Middle Croatia (green). • The Kvarner region (blue/green). • The Istria region(red).

  10. mAYBE you didn’t know but...

  11. DALMATIAN DOG–NATIVE CROATIAN 101 DALMATIAN Dalmatia - the coastal part of Croatia Recognized as Croatian autochthonous breed (FCI-153) Croatian Mascot - 2000 Olympic games Sydney

  12. CROATIA - HOMELAND OF CRAVATS French - la Cravate German- die Krawatte English – Cravat Italian - Cravatta Spanish - Corbata Portuguese - Gravata Irish - Carabhat Swedish - Kravatt Finnish - Kravatti Flemish - Krawaat Polish - Krawat Ukrainian - Kravatka Hungarian – Kravat Croatian - Kravata Every day worn by the 600 million men around the world.

  13. INVENTORS - PEN Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871-1922) from Zagreb invented a mechanical ball pen which is bearing his name and now it is in everyday use.

  14. INVENTORS - PARASHUTE Faust Vrancic (1551-1617) from Sibenikinvented and constructed a parashute and also performed a first jump in order to test it.

  15. Famous Croatian sportsmenGoran Ivanišević – tennis playerIvano Balić - handballJanica Kostelić - skiingDavor Šuker– football

  16. NBA PLAYERS FROM CROATIA Basketball team from Split - several times European champions. Toni Kukoc Radja vs. Rodman Zan Tabak Drazen Petrovic

  17. Traditional Croatian food

  18. Our hometown Slatina

  19. Slatina is a small town which is in the east of Croatia (Slavonija region) and its population is around 12 000. • We have two main Primary schools, two High schools and two kindergardens.

  20. City Centre

  21. Slatina’s main park and local musicians Town’s court

  22. Museum

  23. Lake Javorica in Slatina

  24. Primary school Eugena KumičićaSlatina

  25. Our school has got 633 pupils in 37 departments and our regional schools, which are located in the villages near the main school, have 63 pupils in combined classes. • We also have 15 children in classes with special needs and are divided into 3 classes depending on pupils age. • Total number of teachers, pedagogical staff and administration is 63.

  26. Pupils who attend our school are from age 7 to 14. • Our classes are organized in two shifts which change every week.

  27. Our library

  28. We like to prepare different school shows for our local community

  29. Every year in October we bake and sell our traditional food

  30. We are an eco-friendly school

  31. Vegetarian Monday – vegetarian food served in school canteen

  32. Our products made of recycled materials

  33. St Nicholas in school Christmas train with Santa

  34. Our pupils are good at sports

  35. National champions incross

  36. Every year our pupils dress up as flowers to welcome spring

  37. And here we are...we all work in our school. Hello

  38. Teachers involved in this project • Božica Majhen – headmistress • Silvija Mađarić – coordinator (English teacher) • Kristina Premec – English teacher • Renata Grahovac – Primary teacher • Mira Brezovčan – Primary teacher • Gordana Maroević – Primary teacher • Vera Menčik – Primary teacher • Željka Novotni – Primary teacher • Spomenka Bošnjak –Primary teacher • Sanja Bujanić – Art teacher • Marijana Toplak – Croatian teacher • Nikola Marjanović – History and Geography teacher • Melita Schmitz - librarian

  39. Nice to meet you!  See you soon!

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