HUPE Istra Branch meeting

12 March 2018Branch news

Dear HUPE members!

Make your teaching more inclusive and help your students with special needs learn more effectively. Join us on Thursday, 22 March for a workshop on Inclusive assessment approaches and by the end of the workshop you will have:

assembled a set of checklists to determine if a learner needs further referral to assess for possible special educational needs
reflected on the difference between assessment of learning and assessment for learning
developed a range of methods of assessment to include different learning styles
gained a range of strategies to include pupils in their own assessments
considered assessment methods that take into account students’ different learning preferences.

The workshop is organised in cooperation with the British Council and run by Stephen Hindlaugh. Stephen has been teaching for almost 30 years. His experience includes working in the learning support department of a secondary school in the UK. He has also been a tutor for the British Council’s online Special Educational Needs course and has been delivering face-to-face SEN workshops in Croatia.

All participants will all also enter a prize draw to win an additional SEN online module of their choice.
Where: Osnovna škola Vladimira Nazora Pazin, Šetalište Pazinske gimnazije 9, Pazin
When: 22 March, 15h
Register at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Number of participants: max 25

HUPE Zagorje Branch meeting

05 March 2018Branch news

Dear members,

HUPE and the British Council proudly announce the third HUPE Zagorje Branch meeting which will take place on Monday, 12th March 2018 at 4 pm at Vocational school Bedekovčina (SŠ Bedekovčina, Ljudevita Gaja 1, 49221 Bedekovčina). We have prepared the following agenda:

Stephen Hindlaugh (British Council): Engaging Special Educational Needs: Gifted and Talented (90 ')
Coffee break (15 ')
Stephen Hindlaugh (British Council): Engaging Special Educational Needs: Gifted and Talented (90 ')

You can read more about the workshop in the attached document.

We kindly ask you to register at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 10th February!

See you there!

Petra Končić

HUPE Zagorje Branch President

HUPE Split Branch meeting

02 March 2018Branch news

Dear colleagues,

We are proud to announce the fourth HUPE Split Branch meeting in cooperation with the British Council scheduled for 16^th March 2018, at 5 p.m. at Osnovna škola don Lovre Katića, Put Majdana 3, Solin.

Make your teaching more inclusive and help your students with special needs learn more effectively. Join us for a workshop on Understanding approaches to inclusive learning run by Stephen Hindlaugh and by the end of the workshop you will be able to:

list the ten approaches to inclusive learning
explain the concept of neurodiversity
use tasks designed for inclusive learning
develop their use of scaffolding and differentiation
reflect on how inclusive their classroom environment is
plan steps to increase their use of inclusive practices

Stephen Hindlaugh has been teaching for almost 30 years. His experience includes working in the learning support department of a secondary school in the UK. He has also been a tutor for the British Council’s online Special Educational Needs course and has been delivering face-to-face SEN workshops in Croatia.

If you would like to attend the meeting, please register at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Vanja Fazinić
HUPE Split Branch President

HUPE - Rijeka Branch meeting

01 March 2018Branch news

Dear colleagues,

HUPE and the British Council proudly announce the third HUPE Rijeka Branch meeting which will take place on Thursday,15th March 2018, at 16.00 - 20.00, at Gradska knjižnica Rijeka, ogranak Trsat (Dvorana Mladosti, top of the main staircase, 50m from the bus stop).

Agenda

1 Stephen Hindlaugh: Engaging with special educational needs: Gifted and talented

Workshop summary:

This module explores the different ways we think that children are gifted and talented. The participants will be introduced to some classroom activities and strategies, which help to engage gifted and talented children, make them feel valued and give them the appropriate academic challenge.

If you wish to attend the meeting,please register at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 7th March.

Looking forward to seeing you again.

Nataša Žarkov
HUPE Rijeka Branch President

HUPE Varaždin Branch Meeting

23 February 2018Branch news

Dear colleagues,

the British Council and HUPE Varaždin proudly announce the third branch meeting to be held on 8th March 2018 (Thursday) at 4 p.m. at Ludbreg Secondary School (Srednja škola Ludbreg, Trg Sv. Trojstva 16, 42230 Ludbreg).

We have prepared the following agenda:

Stephen Hindlaugh - Engaging with special educational needs: social, educational and behavioural difficulties (90')

-- coffee break --
Stephen Hindlaugh - Engaging with special educational needs: social, educational and behavioural
difficulties (90')

By the end of this module the participants will have:

reflected on their own attitude to teaching learners with SEBD in their classroom
increased their awareness of the meaning of SEBD
reflected on the possible underlying causes of SEBD
reflected on the importance of managing their own emotional and physical state when teaching learners with SEBD
gained an understanding of the emotional and learning needs of learners with SEBD
gained some strategies for managing learners with SEBD in their classroom

If you'd like to attend the workshop, we kindly ask you to register at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 1st March 2018.

We're looking forward to seeing you!