2. State Emblem
National flag
The capital city Prague
Area 78 866km²
Population 10, 538, 275
Official language Czech
3. Otto Wichterle invented soft contact lenses in 1959.
The sugar cube was invented in 1843.
There are over 2,000 castles in the Czech Republic. It is
the castle capital of the world.
The Charles University in Prague (1348) is the oldest
university in Eastern and Central Europe.
The word ‘robot’ is Czech and it was first used in 1920
in a theatre play by Karel Capek, RUR.
4. In the Czech Republic we have a lot of mountains.The
highest mountain is Snezka(1,603 meters).
The second one is Vysoke Kolo (1,509 meters).
Snezka
Vysoke Kolo
5. Our most famous rivers are Vltava(430
km) and Labe(1,091 km, but in our state
it is 370 km).
The longest river is Vltava.
Vltava
Labe
6. Our capital city Prague is the 15th biggest city
in Europe. In this city live more than 1 million
people.
Other cities are Brno,Ostrava,Liberec, etc.
Prague -
Brno
7. We have a lot of sights. The most famous are Prague
Castle, Charles Bridge , Astronomical Clock, Karlstejn Castle,
etc.
Prague Castle
Charles Bridge Astronomical Clock Karlstejn Castle
8. Our national sport s are ice-hockey, tennis and football.
We love them.
Ice Hockey Jaromir Jagr
Tennis Petra Kvitova Lucie Safarova
Football Peter Cech Tomas Rosicky
9. Our national food is called vepro, knedlo, zelo. It is
pork meat, dumplings and cabbage.
Famous one is svíčková na smetaně (beef sirloin ,
dumplings and sauce).
On holidays we like to eat trdelnik.
Pork, dumplings, cabbage Beef sirloin Trdelnik
10. Our currency is the Czech Crown. Symbol is Kč.
Coins are 1,2,5,10,20,50.
Banknotes are 100,200,500,1000,2000 and 5000.
11. We are a state primary school with 600 pupils aged 6-
14.
Our school is situated in a small town called Mnisek pod
Brdy, near the capital city Prague.
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Our school logo
Our school building
Our school anthem
