1. ZŠ P OLEŠOVICE C LASS 7 T HE C ZECH R EPUBLIC

2. A BOUT COUNTRY The Czech Republic is a small country in the middle of the Europe. We often say: „The Czech Republic is a hearth of the Europe.” Our president: Miloš Zeman Our state symbols:

3. T HE CAPITAL OF CZECH REPUBLIC The capital of the Czech Republic is Prague. Prague is a city of government offices and there are some museums and art galleries. There are some well-known monuments here too, for example Charles´ bridge, Prague castle. The city is also an important business and financial centre.

4. E CONOMY The Czech Republic is famous for very good quality of Czech products. For example: cars, glasses, beer… The Czech Republic is a member of the European Union since May 2004.

5. S PORT The most popular sports in the Czech Republic are football (soccer) and ice hockey. The Czech men's national ice hockey team has a lot of medals… Ice Hockey World Championship will be hosted in the Czech Republic in 2015.

6. T RADITION Important cultural events and traditions represent the Czech Republic in the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage. For example: Ride of the Kings in Vlčnov Verbuňk

7. P OLEŠOVICE

8. I NTERESTINGS Country: Czech republic Part of Czech: Morava County: Zlínský District: Uh. Hradiště Cadastral area: 13,07 km 2 Population: 2100 people First archeologic findings: 6000 BC The first written mention: in1220

9. H OW TO CREATED NAME P OLEŠOVICE ? 1. The name of our village is created from person (Jan Podlesov), and when people killed him, they said:,, Don´t live in Podlesov more“ => Podlesov (some age changed it to Polešovice) 2. The name of our village is created from a small village under the forest => Podlesov (in English Underforest, some age changed it to Polešovice)

10. F AMOUS PEOPLE Rudolf Habsburk the II.: He changed Polešovice from the village to the bigger village (=městys) Vojtěch Basovník: a priest, a salesian Mojmír Maďěrič: an actor, a musician

11. B UILDINGS Church of st. Peter and Paul Cross on the Salajka Statue of the st. Florian Statue of the st. Mark Statue of the st. Marie Lookout Floriánka

12. O UR SCHOOL IN P OLEŠOVICE

13. C LASSES There are 250 pupils at our school. There are 9 grades.

14. C ANTEEN We have a new canteen with new vegetable bar. We can choose from 2 meals three times a week.

15. O UR C LASS 7

16. A BOUT OUR CLASS Our classroom is on the 2nd floor. There are in the class: 4 windows 1 door 2 tables 4 wardrobes 17 desks 33 chairs 2 blackboards There are 30 people in our class. We are good friends.

17. THIS IS OUR CLASS

18. T HE END Made by: Gabriela Pestlová Jan Nedorostek Vojtěch Vybíral Jan Bartošík