Dear colleagues, 

The 2nd HUPE Zagreb Branch meeting for school year 2023/2024 is planned to take place on the 27th January 2024 (Saturday) at 10 AM in Aquae Vivae Spa, Krapinske toplice (Ulica Antuna Mihanovića 1a Krapinske toplice). We are trying to offer you something special. 

AGENDA 

1. Workshops and lectures from 10 AM – 1 PM 
2. Brunch 
3. After meeting mingling and spa at the pool area until 4PM 

WORKSHOPS: 

• DANKA SINGER: Bunny or crocodile language? 
  Conflict is a natural element of communication, but also a constraint for effective and proactive interaction: this is why its systematic analysis and management have become an important part in diplomatic training. This workshop will explore the ways in which these skills can be translated to language teaching and applied in language classrooms with students of all ages and proficiency levels, offering some useful language practice and activities along the way! 

• ANA ETEROVIĆ: Let’s write it up! 
  This workshop will bring you some fresh writing task ideas with examples from the practice. 

• HUPE info 

If you'd like to attend the meeting, please confirm on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. your arrival by the 10th January 2024. Upon application I will forward you payment information. 

We would be really happy to see you all and to enjoy this professional education together. 

I’m looking forward to seeing you. 

Best regards, 

Mirjana Zubak Mičetić, prof. 
HUPE ZAGREB BRANCH President 

Dear colleagues,

I would like to invite you to our first HUPE Osijek Branch meeting in the school year 2023-2024, which will take place on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 9 am at the Faculty of Education in Osijek (Fakultet za odgojne i obrazovne znanosti, Ulica cara Hadrijana 10, Osijek) in Room 21.  

Agenda:

1) 31st HUPE Conference report

2) Mirta Kos Kolobarić: Are you a copycat or a busy bee?

3) Ana Katruša: Supporting Gifted Learners: Strategies, Tips & Ideas

4)Ksenija Benčina & Mirna Kurtović: It makes you look old!

5) HUPE news

For those of you who were not able to join us at the 31st HUPE conference in Poreč two weekends ago, and those who did not have time to attend all the workshops at the conference, we have prepared a mini conference rerun with the interesting and practical workshops prepared by our hard-working colleagues.

If you would like to attend the meeting, please, register by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.by Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 8 pm the latest as the number of attendees is limited. Thank you.

I’m looking forward to seeing you.

Kind regards,

Adrijana Roždijevac
HUPE Osijek Branch President

The second HUPE Osijek branch meeting in school year 2023-2024 was held on Saturday, 16 March 2024 at the Faculty of Education in Osijek. 24 HUPE members attended the meeting which lasted for four hours.

The agenda included:

1) Katarina Berać Vuić: Acting for dummies: Fairy tales development

2) Mirjana Zubak Mičetić: Implementing Magic of AI

3) Mirna Erk & Ksenija Benčina: The road that made all the difference 20 years ago: EFL teachers to young learners in Croatia

4) HUPE news

The first workshop, titled Acting for dummies: Fairy tales development, was held by Katarina Berać Vuić from Gimnazija Županja. In an interactive hour-long workshop, Katarina presented numerous creative and simple drama activities in which our students can act out well-known stories and fairy tales in the classroom, and turn them into short plays of 3 to 5 minutes. The participants had a lot of fun trying out most of the presented drama activities culminating in the performances of different fairy tales as frozen images.

The second workshop, titled Implementing Magic of AI, was held by HUPE Zagreb branch president Mirjana Zubak Mičetić from OŠ Bogumila Tonija in Samobor. Mirjana introduced all the possibilities artificial intelligence tool Magic School can offer to teachers to help them lessen their workload, including its advantages and disadvantages. She showcased some of the practical activities and then the participants took part in a scavenger hunt where they had to explore the mentioned AI tool themselves.

The third talk titled The road that made all the difference 20 years ago: EFL teachers to young learners in Croatiawas held by Mirna Erk and Ksenija Benčina from the Faculty of Education in Osijek. Mirna and Ksenija presented the results of the survey they conducted with lower-primary EFL teachers to explore their job satisfaction, as well as the current situation in which many subject specialists increasingly teach lower-primary students. They also shared their respondents’ insightful perceptions, comments, and recommendations which started a productive discussion amongst the participants.

The participants were also informed about the news in HUPE including the winners of the 4th National Writing Competition – HUPE in Storyland, the plans to organize the teacher training course in Liverpool in July, HUPE’s new partner associations and their conferences, future professional development events such as HUPE Day planned for 20 April 2024 with international speakers, new edition of HUPEzine, and many more.

HUPE Osijek is extremely grateful to the speakers and all the members who attended the meeting, actively participated in the workshops and discussions, and created a great atmosphere for chatting and sharing ideas. Hopefully, we will see you at our next meeting in May.  

Adrijana Roždijevac
HUPE Osijek Branch President