LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME COMENIUS School Partnership

1. LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME COMENIUS SchoolPartnership EuropeaneducationwithInformationandCommunication Technologies PROGRAM CELOŽIVOTNÍHO UČENÍ COMENIUS Partnerství škol Evropská výuka pomocí informačních a komunikačních technologií

2. JAN AMOS COMENIUS The TEACHER of NATIONS

3. CZECH republic HeartofEurope

4. Czechrepublic BASIC INFORMATION • The Czech Republic is situated in the middle of Europe. • It borders on Slovakia, Austria, Poland and Germany. • The borders are lined by the mountains. The Giant mountains are the highest mountains. • (The highest mountain is Sněžka - 1602m). • The lowlands line along the rivers. The most watery river is the Elbe, the longest one is the Vltava. • An alleviative oceanic type of climate with western circulation appears mostly. • The population of the Czech Republic is 10,3 mil., with national minorities of Slovaks, Poles and Germans. • While 46 million people travel abroad, 101 million tourists visit the Czech Republic every year. (1994).

5. Czechrepublic HistorY • First settlement: 30 000 B.C. • First proved inhabitants: Celts • First state formation: The empire of Sám (600 - 655 ) • Czech state becomes a kingdom(line ofPřemyslovci, Charles IV): 13thcentury • A part of Austrian empire: 1526 – 1918 • Rise of CzechoslovacRepublic: 28th October 1918 (first president T. G. Masaryk) • Period of totalitarian rule of the Communist party: 1948 – 1989 • RiseoftheCzechRepublic: 1stJanuary 1993 (president Václav Havel) • CzechRepublicenteredthe EU on 1st May 2004,withthechair in 2009

6. Czechrepublic NATIONAL EMBLEMBS • Nationalemblem • TheCzech flag • Prezident banner • Stateseal • State colours (red-blue-whitetricolour) • Czechstate anthem „Kde domov můj?“ Crownjevels

7. Czechrepublic Politicalsystem • The Czech Republic is a democratic parliamentary republic. The president and the government has the executive power. The government proposes the legislation. It is responsible to the Chamber of Deputies. President is the head of the state. • The parliament is double-chambered – with the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. 200 members are voted to the Chamber of Deputies and 81 senators to the Senate.

8. Czechrepublic LANDMARKS Czech lands were confronted with many different cultural influences during the course of history. Rich cultural heritage was preserved there. There are 12 registered landmark reservations in the Czech Republic,acknowledged by the international organization UNESCO. The most significant is Prague and its historical centre.

9. Czechrepublic NATURAL ASSETS The Czech natural assets is protected by many wilderness areas and nature preserves. There were declared four national parks in hight protect mode. Our streams of mineral water are used as curative methods or table water.

10. Czechrepublic INDUSTRY AND AGRONOMY TheCzechindustry has a long-term tradition. A shareoffood-processingindustry has increased in last years. On theotherhand a shareofengineering has fallenoff. Anywayengineeringisstillprettyimportantbranchofindustry in CzechRepublic. A production offlour, sugar, meatandbeerisvaluedforfoodindustry. Thereis a tradition in keepingfreshwaterfish - that´s whyourfishpondmanagmentissodeveloped.

11. Czechrepublic What do you SURELY knowabouttheCzech ? • SPORT – Jaromír Jágr, Petr Čech, Roman Šebrle • BEER – PilsnerUrquell, Budweisser • VELVET REVOLUTION (1989) – Václav Havel • CARS – Škoda, Tatra • CONTACT LENSES and SILON • LUMP SUGAR • THE WORD „ROBOT“ • MISS WORLD - Taťána Kuchařová

13. OSTRAVA CITY IN MOTION

14. Ostrava emblem Townhallof Ostrava Ostrava isthethirdlargest city in theCzechRepublic. Total area: 214 km² Population: about 317, 000 23 towndistricts Latitude: 49°50'30.31″ N, Longitude: 18°17'29.56″ E Altitude: 208–334 m Ostrava is situated on the junction of rivers Lučina, Odra, Opava and Ostravice.

15. Briefhistory 30, 000 years ago – first residence ofhuntsmen (theoldestusageofhard-coal in theworld) 8thcentury- therewere 3 castles 1763 – in thetown area wasfound a coal-seam Second half of 19 thcentury- bigindustrialdevelopment, foundationofVitkovicesteel, Ostrava becameanindustrial centre ofHabsburg Monarchy 1930s - departmentsstoresBachner, Brouk a Babka 14 thMarch  1939 - theoccupationofGermanarmy 30 thApril 1945 - freedomof Ostrava by Sovietarmy 1949–1951 - buildingofArcelorMittal, the city became „thesteelheartoftherepublic“ 1997 – greatflooding in Ostrava VenusfromPetrkovice Viewof Ostrava, 1855

16. INDUSTRY ArcelorMittal – production andelaborationofpig-iron andsteel Vítkovice Steel – mettalurgicalandengineeringproduce IndustrialzoneHrabova– business activities, firmdomiciles: Asus, SungWoo Hitech, STP Invest, Briggs & Stratton,… OKD – sole producerof pit-coal in CzechRepublic Universities VŠB – Technical university University of Ostrava Business college

17. Touristattractions ZOO Ostrava – more than 900 animals Industrial centre – authenticbuildingsofthemines Museum ofmining– originationanddevelopmnetofcoal-mining Miniuni area – Youcanseetherethumb-nailsofEuropeanbuildings Vitkovice – authenticzonesince 19 thcentury

18. Sport Ice-hockeyclub Vítkovice FotballclubBaník Ostrava Goldenspike – internationalathletic meeting since 1961

19. Leisuretime TheStodolniStreet– more than 60 restaurants, cafésandnight- clubssituated on thisstreet Beskydy Mountains –national park not far from Ostrava peak – Lysá Hora (altitude 1,323 m)

21. Základní škola a mateřská škola Ostrava-Hrabůvka, Mitušova 16, příspěvková organizace www.zsmitusova16.cz 1978 - 2008 Keys to theworld

22. Basic informationaboutourschool Wehavebeeneducating by courseofeducation program the„Keys to theworld“ since 1st Septembre 2008. Number of pupils: 404 Number of teachers: 28 Number of classes: 19 Headmaster: Mgr. Martin Pail

23. Extendededucationoflanguages Pupils start learning their first foreign language-English-in the first class. The second one – French, German or Russian – starts in the 6th class. 

24. Ecology-minded Thesecondspecifictargetofourschoolisenviromentalism. We are membersoftheEcologicaleducationclubandwealsocooperatewith ZOO Ostrava andsponsortheanimals in ZOO. Regularlywe are placed in towncompetitionsaboutecologyandarrangetheEarthdayexhibitons. Wewereawardedtheprize„ Ecoschool“ in 2005.

25. InformatiCS Thethirdspecifictargetisouractivework in the ICT area . Our PC roomisfurnishedwithverymodern ICT technology. Wearrangethe ICT coursesandwewereawardedthecertificate „Information centre ofgovernmentInformationpolicy in education“ by Ministry ofEducation.

26. PHOTOGALLERY

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