The first HUPE Dubrovnik Branch meeting in 2022-2023 was held at Osnovna škola Blato in Blato on November 26, 2022. 

Agenda:

1. 1 HUPE 30^thInternational Conference Report, Jelica Šeparović
2. X marks the spot, Ivana Bokavšek
3. HUPE news

Eight members attended the meeting. The first speaker was HUPE Dubrovnik Branch president Jelica Šeparović, who gave a report on 30th HUPE Conference held in Poreč 11-13 November, 2022. She also shared an interesting drama-based activity The Truth About Me, shown at the Conference by Lynn Hoare. The other colleagues who had attended the Conference joined the conversation and shared their experiences from the Conference.

The next activity was an intersting quiz about London, provided by Silvija Pećanac Bačić, which we could share with our students. 

Our dear colleague Ivana Bokavšek, from OŠ Spinut held an interesting and engaging workshop inspired by Scavanger Hunt. Participating in this activity was very interesting, challenging and fun. Each group was eager to find the solution first, showing our fierce competitive spirit.

The final part of the meeting was informative, announcing a trip to Scotland, planned for April 2023. All HUPE members were invited to follow our Facebook page, as well as our Teams group, where all the details about the trip will be shared as soon as possible. 

Jelica Šeparović
Dubrovnik Branch President

Here is a part of the atmosphere at the meeting.

 

The last  HUPE Split Branch meeting in the school year 2021/22 was held on Monday, 27th June 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Osnovna škola Sućidar, Perivoj Ane Roje 1, Split. 

12 members attended the meeting that lasted three hours.

The agenda included:

1. Davorka Bronzić, Nataša Bebić Bačan & Marina Marega Selecki: 
   Erasmus+ project “BETTER TOGETHER”, Elementary school Župa dubrovačka, Mlini
2. Ivana Bokavšek & Miranda Barac: London is always a great idea!
3. HUPE news

Our dear colleagues from Dubrovnik Davorka Bronzić, Nataša Bebić Bačan & Marina Marega Selecki presented their Erasmus+ project  “BETTER TOGETHER“ and the student-centred project activities that will help the participants in preparing and delivering their lessons as well as in planning and designing their own everyday school activities gathered around the two main topics:

• Cultural and intercultural awareness
• European values of tolerance and equality.

They also wanted to raise awareness among our colleagues that the knowledge and skills needed for life in the 21st century are acquired from an early age and that most of those skills cannot be learned from a textbook.  

After the coffee break, Ivana Bokavšek & Miranda Barac held the workshop, titled London is always a great idea!, to disseminate the results and to share the materials of the professional development course for Croatian teachers of English that was held in London in April 2022 and was organised by HUPE (Croatian Association of Teachers of English) with the support of AZOO (Education and Teacher Training Agency). The participants were taken on a tour of London, enjoying its landmarks, and learning about its history and culture through various interactive activities such as quizzes and a challenging Scavenger Hunt. 

The participants were also informed about the news in HUPE including HUPE teacher training course in London planned for August as well as the 30th Annual International HUPE Conference in November in Poreč.

HUPE Split  is thankful to the speakers and all the members who were able to attend the meeting. Hopefully, we will see you at one of our future meetings next school year.

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Miranda Barac
HUPE Split Branch President

The third HUPE Osijek branch meeting in school year 2021-2022 was held on May 26, 2022 at the Faculty of Education in Osijek. 18 members attended the meeting.

The agenda included:

1) Ivana Štiglec, teacher advisor: Teaching culture through engaging and interactive learning scenarios

2) Lidija Šaravanja, PhD & assistant professor Ivana Marinić, PhD: How to teach Gen Alpha?

3) Tanja Pokupić, Suzana Tolić & Dubravka Zebec, teacher mentors: Keep Calm and Enjoy/Survive London

4) HUPE news

The first workshop, titled Teaching culture through engaging and interactive learning scenarios, was held by Ivana Štiglec from I Gymnasium in Osijek. In her workshop Ivana demonstrated how using various activity types, web tools and different information sources can help create meaningful, engaging and interactive cultural lessons and develop our students’ intercultural communication competence. She shared some interesting and student-engaging cultural scenarios the teachers can try out in their classrooms right away.

After the coffee break, the second presentation, titled How to teach Gen Alpha?, was held by Lidija Šaravanja from Primary school Vladimir Nazor in Čepin and Ivana Marinić from the Faculty of Education in Osijek. They talked about the characteristics of different generations in our classrooms with the focus of the Generation Alpha and provided some practical and useful examples on how to address them and help our students develop the skills they will need throughout their lives.

In their presentation titled Keep Calm and Enjoy/Survive London, our colleagues Tanja Pokupić, Suzana Tolić and Dubravka Zebec from primary schools in Čepin, Osijek and Josipovac Punitovački told us more about the HUPE teacher training course in London they attended in April. Their enthusiastic and detailed day-to-day report about the workshops, lectures and treasure hunts related to British history and culture, as well as the sightseeing made all the participants transport to London, at least in their minds.

The participants were also informed about the news in HUPE including the upcoming online HUPE Day taking place on June 4, 2022 via Zoom, the 30^th Annual International HUPE Conference, as well as HUPE teacher training course in London planned for August.

HUPE Osijek is thankful to the speakers and all the members who were able to attend the meeting on Saturday morning and create a lovely and relaxing atmosphere ideal for teachers connecting, collaborating and exchanging ideas.

Hopefully, we will see you at one of our future meetings next school year.

Adrijana Roždijevac
HUPE Osijek Branch President

The second HUPE Dubrovnik Branch meeting in 2021/2022 took place on 26 May 2022. The meeting was held online, via HUPE Dubrovnik Teams channel.

Our first speaker was our dear colleague Gordana Bujanić Tretinjak who held an inspiring workshop about making short videos in the classroom. She gave us some interesting information on Media Literacy, as well as a lot of practical advice on making videos and links to expand our knowledge.

Davorka Bronzić and Nataša Bebić Bačan were our next speakers. They shared with us some exciting moments they had experienced on HUPE's April trip to London. Their talk, pictures and enthusiasm were so amazing, that we felt as if we had been there with them. 

Jelica Šeparović
Dubrovnik Branch President