About town Novska - made for an eTwinning projects.

2. Novska
 A small town in the west of Slavonia and at the east of
Sisak-Moslavina county
 Situated 100km south-east of Zagreb
 First mentioned under the name Belina in 1334
 Today inhabits 13.500 citizens

3.  The economic growth happened in the end of 19th
century when was built a railway line
 By 1991 industry was very well developed
 But wartime destructions during 1991/92 and caused a
significant leak industrial sectors of the economy

4. Ogrc from Novska
 Viviparus Novskaensis
 snail fossil that lived in the waters of
the Pannonian Sea in the area of
Novska
 Today is one of the towns simbols

5. Lake of Novska
 Situated between hillsides of Novska
 A favorite place for walking, jogging and cycling

6. DJEĈJI VRTIĆ
„RADOST” NOVSKA
Kindergarten
Established in the year of
1975

7. It has:
 Children: 268
 Employees:
30
 Groups: 9

8. • established in the
year of 1760

9. History of the school
 First teacher was Ivan
Markulin, born in 1730
 Today’s building was built
from 1948 till 1986

10. School forces…
 Staff (teaching and non-teaching staff ): 94
 Students: about 800

11. • established in1995  Schools day 15th of March

12. ●
There are 8 departements in school:
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guitar, tambura, flute, violin, piano, organ and
accordion can be attended in primary education that
lasts 6 years
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in secondary education, that lasts 4 years, you can
attend some of 7 departments or 8th, teoretical
department which has a piano as an obligatory subject

13. HIGH SCHOOL NOVSKA
• established 1955

14. HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL
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1955 - in Novska is opened school called
˝Ekonomski tehnikum˝
1956 - school changes name in “Srednja
ekonomska škola”
1967/68 in agreement with the School for skilled
workers from Nova Gradiška there has been
introduced a new direction for education

15. 
1992/93 school year begins in unfinished new
building of secondary school, where teaching
takes place today as well

16. School power…
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436 students
52 employees (teaching and non-teaching
school personnel)

17. PROGRAMS
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Gymnasium
Economics
Vendor
Locksmith
Tinsmith
Mechanic
Plumber
Carpenter

18. Town Library
“Ante Jagar”

19. History
 1876 – first time mentioned in “Report of Matica hrvatska”
 1951 – first independent library and reading room in Novska
under the name “People’s library and reading room Novska”
 1963 – library and reading activity in Novska functions as a part
of a University which in 1963 becomes “People’s University
Novska”
 October 4th 1996 – Town library and reading room “Ante Jagar”
is founded as a indenpendent institution
 It is named after the Marian poet Ante Jagar (1867 – 1899) who
was born and died in Novska
Ante Jagar

20. About the Library
 The library works in the space of 898 m² and it
is one of the most modern town libraries in
Croatia.
 Holdings:
Books:
35 000
unconventional
materials:
268
-AV materials:
360
-didactic toys:
50

21. FOLKLORE
SOCIETY (FS)
“ŠUBIĆ”
NOVSKA
• established in 1995

22. “Šubić" Novska is an association of citizens engaged
in the preservation of Croatian folk songs and dances
 under the same name in Novska was operated Croatian
singing tambura band society back in 1909
 FS
 1997
started working Folk Group with tambura band that
had celebrated FS “Šubić“
 2007 started working the Children's folklore group

23. Football / Soccer
• In Novska we have a Soccer Club Libertas that achieves
great results
• Soccer school has been launched and they plan to
arrange auxiliary playground
• All ages achieve great results and next year they‘ll play
in a new league with better clubs

24. Handball
 Prominent sport in Croatia
 In Novska handball has a tradition of playing for more
than 60 years
 Today in Novska there are two handball teams: male
and female

25. Basketball
• 1958 - first basketball court in Novska
• 1976 – foundation of basketball club BC “Jedinstvo”
• 1991 - BC “Jedinstvo” changed its name to BC “Novska”
• Since 1996 there is a schools sport club named “Srednjoškolac”
of Highschool Novska which ahieves remarkable results on
schools competitions

26. Tenis club Novska
 established in the year of 1997
 tennis school started in 1999
 It has more than 50 members, and majority are children

27. Bowling in Novska
Bowling in Novska was initiated by the construction of a new
bowling center in the year of 2003
• There are 4 males clubs and one females
• The oldest and the most successful club is a Bowling club “Novska”
• Dinko Kasumović is a steady member of bowling national team,
and in the year of 2013 he became a world Champion in a discipline
sprint
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PAINTBALL IN NOVSKA
2009 - established a club called “Furyans”
It is a very active club
On every competition it achieves very good results
The field is situated next Lake of Novska and it is one
of 5 biggest fields in Croatia

29. Majorettes from Novska
 Founded in 1996 as an extracurricular activity of Primary School
Novska
 Science 2007 they work as an independent organization
 They are members of the Association of majorettes and pom-pon
teams of Croatia
 Currently they have about 30 members, divided into three categories:
cadet, junior and senior formation

30. Music bands from
Novska
Tambura band Lenija
Dream on
Bender
Frantic
Dead Eclipse
Skaz
Tambura band Belina