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