1. REPUBLIC OF
CROATIA
Comenius partnership “Friendship of
dances”

2. Location of Croatia in Europe
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Croatia is located
in Central and Southeast
Europe,
bordering Hungary to the
northeast, Serbia to 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
Independence:
8th of October, 1991
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Population of Croatia:
around 4,29 million
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Capital city: Zagreb
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Official language: Croatian
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Demonym: Croat, Croatian
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Currency: Kuna (HRK)
o Anthem: Lijepa naša
domovino
(Our Beautiful Homeland)
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4. CROATIAN NATIONAL FLAG
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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.
coat of arms
Croatian national flag

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).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjqgLZ7fZY4&f
eature=related

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

7. Croatian Language
Croatian alphabet
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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
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There are eight zones
that Croatia can be split
into.
There are the Dalmatian
regions (purple, tan, blue,
and light purple).
The Mountain region.
The Slavonia region.
(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-
Croatian Mascot - 2000
Olympic games Sydney

12. CROATIA - HOMELAND OF CRAVATS
Every day worn by the 600
million men around the world.
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

13. Nikola Tesla - inventor of the light
bulb

14. 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.

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

16. Famous Croatian sportsmen
Goran Ivanišević – tennis player
Ivano Balić - handball
Janica Kostelić - skiing
Davor Šuker – football

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

18. Traditional Croatian food

19. Our hometown Slatina

20. •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.

21. City Centre

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

23. Museum

24. Lake Javorica in Slatina

25. Primary school Eugena Kumičića
Slatina

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Our school has got 542
pupils in 29 departments
and our regional schools,
which are located in the
villages near the main
school, have 67 pupils in
combined classes.
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We also have 16 children
in classes with special
needs and are divided into
3 classes depending on
pupils age.
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Total number of teachers,
pedagogical staff and
administration is 84.

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

28. Our library

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

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

34. We are an eco-friendly school

35. Vegetarian Monday – vegetarian
food served in school canteen

36. Our products made of recycled
materials

38. St Nicholas in school
Christmas train with Santa

39. Our pupils are good at sports

41. National champions in
cross

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

43. And here we are... Hello

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

45. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!
Osnovna škola Eugena Kumičića, Slatina