The first HUPE Zagreb branch meeting of the 2024-2025 school year was held on 4th Octover 2024 atČarobna riječ. Around 20 and a bit more eager English teachers and HUPE members have decided to spend their Friday evening attending a 3-hour professional development meeting with their hardworking colleagues. 

AGENDA  

1. Petra Blajić: „Speaking activities in EFL classrooms“
2. Ivana Lovrić: “What can we learn from native speakers?“ - Dissemination of Teacher Training in England
3. HUPE info and news, tips for new members, election

Our first workshop was one which is always needed. The theme was: Speaking activities in EFL classroompresented by Petra Blajić, an experienced teacher, who led us through variety of speaking activities sharing some of her most successful ideas of how to make her students feel more comfortable talking in English.

In between the two workshops, eager EL teachers had a coffee break with some snacks provided by HUPE and listened to some tips for newcomers regarding our HUPE organization and benefits of becoming a member.

The second workshop was held by Ivana Lovrić and the topic was “What can we learn 

from native speakers?”. Ivana informed us about job shadowing experience and educational trip to Liverpool organized by HUPE. We learnt a lot about their primary educational system and discussed many aspects of their education and the differences between our and their system.

After the workshop, the Zagreb branch president informed the participants about HUPE news, the competition, plans for Zagreb branch meetings, surrounding conferences and events. The participants were invited to take part in HUPE as an organisation, participate in our newsletter and HUPEzine, as well as to contribute to our web page digital materials. HUPE members, present at the meeting, voted about the next branch president, which was confirmed to stay the same for another two years. I thank you all for that support.

HUPE Zagreb is thankful to the speakers and all the members who were able to attend and make the meeting a productive and enjoyable experience. Hopefully, we will see you at our future meetings in 2024/2025.

If you are a teacher of English and would like to join HUPE Zagreb, feel free to contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thank you! 

 
HUPE Zagreb Branch President  
Mirjana Zubak Mičetić  

The third HUPE Zagreb branch meeting of the 2023-2024 school year was held on 7th June 2024 at Čarobna riječ. 15 English enthusiasts and HUPE members decided to spend their Friday evening attending a 3-hour professional development meeting with their hardworking colleagues. 

AGENDA  

1. Daška Domljan: „Teachers rule the world II“
2. Ljerka Vukić : “I’m finished!”
3. HUPE info

Our first workshop was one which is always needed. The theme was: Teachers rule the world II presented by Daška Domljan, an experienced teacher, teacher trainer, presenter and co-author of a series of course books for young learners. We learnt about changes, how adaptable we are, what is success, how do we manage changes and a lot about stress. Thank you, Daška, for all insightful ideas and suggestions! 

In between the two workshops, eager EL teachers had a coffee break with some snacks provided by HUPE. 

The second workshop was held by Ljerka Vukić and the topic was

“Finished,teacher! ““. The workshop deals with the issue of mixed abilities in the classroom. We began with the action research carried out in the primary English classroom Ljerka has done and starting from the results obtained, we moved on to more practical aspects of the mixed ability challenge. With a few examples, teachers had a chance of experiencing how task differentiation can help us when working with mixed ability classes. Thank you Ljerka for great inspiration and practical examples.

After the workshop, the Zagreb branch president informed the participants about HUPE news, the competition, plans for Zagreb branch meetings, surrounding conferences and events. The participants were invited to take part in HUPE as an organisation, participate in our newsletter and HUPEzine, as well as to contribute to our web page digital materials. 

HUPE Zagreb is thankful to the speakers and all the members who were able to attend and make the meeting a productive and enjoyable experience. Hopefully, we will see you at our future meetings in 2024 which is planned for the beginning of the new school year.

If you are a teacher of English and would like to join HUPE Zagreb, feel free to contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thank you! 

 
HUPE Zagreb Branch President  
Mirjana Zubak Mičetić  

The second HUPE Rijeka branch meeting took place on June 8, 2024 at 10 am at the Trsat Branch of the Rijeka City Library. It lasted 3 hours.

Agenda:

1. GracijelaOrobabić: Let's build great teams!
2. Ester Vidović: Problem Picture Books in  TEFL
3. HUPE news

Our first presenter was Gracijela Orobabić from OŠ Gornja Vežica, who shared with the participants some creative ideas for engaging students in teamwork and to show how different types of personalities can cooperate well with each other. She demonstrated four activities including different materials and props, such as a hoop, lego blocks with four colors that represent different personalities, problem-solving cards and a worksheet with some self-reflection activities. Participants had much fun trying out the activities and as a cherry on top, we tried also a delicious cake Gracijela made.

Ester Vidović, a lecturer at the Faculty of Teacher Education in Rijeka, shared a project she is working on, which includes problem picture books. She gave some examples of picture books that deal with illnesses of family members and illustrate how to cope with those. The workshop raised some questions on how to teach students topics related to health and how to foster empathy and understanding of illnesses such as malignant diseases, depression and similar. It was an emotional workshop, which made us think about less common topics in the classroom, which are also an important part of our everyday life.

Doris Mesaroš
HUPE Rijeka Branch President

 

The second HUPE Dubrovnik Branch meeting in 2023-2024 took place at Osnovna škola Blato in Blato on June 8, 2024. 

Agenda:

• Gordana Bujanić Tretinjak: Gender Equality: Are we there yet?
• Ivana Kasunić: Who was Nikola Tesla? (English and Physics workshop)    
• Davorka Bronzić i Nataša Bebić Bačan: European citizenship in English language teaching
• Silvija Pećanac Bačić: HIPPO – English without borders
• HUPE news

The first speaker was Gordana Bujanić Tretinjak with her interactive workshop, presenting the project about gender equality, held in Secondary School Bedekovčina. Several subjects were included in the project. The learning outcomes were to explore some of the causes and consequences of gender inequality and to understand how to promote gender equality.

Ivana Kasunić was the second speaker. She presented the workshop which was carried out as a part of project day for 70th anniversary of Primary school Nikola Tesla. It showed several examples of collaboration and co-teaching between two subjects - English and Physics. The aim of the workshop was to intorduce Tesla, his life, his inventions and his obsessions to several groups of students.

The third workshop's aim was to promote teaching of European citizenship in English lessons. Incorporating European citizenship into English language teaching offers a well-rounded approach to education that extends beyond linguistic competence. This integration helps students understand the cultural, social, and political dimensions of being part of the European Union. By exploring themes such as diversity, shared values, and democratic participation, English language lessons can foster a sense of European identity and citizenship. 

The last speaker was Silvija Pećanac Bačić, who motivated our colleagues to join HIPPO Olympiade, sharing some information about this international, widey popular competition, as well as her experience as a mentor of two very successful contestants.

Jelica Šeparović
HUPE Dubrovnik Branch President