The second HUPE Osijek branch meeting in school year 2023-2024

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

HUPE in storyland

We present you the winners of our fourth National Writing Competition. Congratulations to all the winners and to all the contestants!!

Dear mentors, please keep in mind that 18 March is the last day to fill in the Temporary ranking list with all the data.

Your certificates will arrive in your mailbox after 18th March.

hupe in storyland

HUPE-EVE mentoring programme

Our HUPE-EVE mentoring programme is coming to its close.

The chosen mentees have been working hard with their mentors for the last two months and now they are ready to show us what they have done.

On this Saturday, 16 March, at 5 pm, the mentees will show us their presentations and give short talks on various topics that they have chosen and been guided through by their mentors. We would appreciate you to join the online event and show your support for them and all the work they have done.

To join, you need to register in advance at the following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/.../tZckdO6uqTspH9bxFGIKHw9MIWCPx...

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We hope to see you there!

HUPE EVE mentoring programme

HUPE National Writing Competition

Dear HUPE in Storyland contestants and mentors,

we were delighted to have you participate in the HUPE National Writing Competition.

All the stories were outstanding and your effort is remarkable.

Find your ranking here: https://bit.ly/49LnjFE

We kindly ask you to check your students' rankings and resend us a Word file with the story including the student's and the mentor's names as well as the name of the school written INSIDE the file. Stories must be sent within the template on www.hupe.hr, the same one you initially used when you submitted the story.

Once we gather all the data, the Permanent Ranking List will be published on the HUPE webpage and you will receive certificates via email.

As for the winners, your prizes will arrive shortly after your students choose gadgets via Google Form that will be sent to you. Our sponsor, Školska knjiga prepared packages for all nine awarded students and mentors this year. The packages for the students include 9 Modra lasta goodie bags containing a Reading club program, a wireless reading lamp, a set of coasters, a folder, a notebook, and a to-do sheet. The packages for all nine teachers include a table calendar, a to-do sheet, a weekly planner, ŠK newspaper, and a book (VIbracija uspjeha). HUPE offers the teachers a free conference fee to our mentors and gadgets of choice for our students.

All stories will be published in a digital collection of stories. If, for any reason, you don't wish your student's story published, please indicate so by sending us an email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

If the story didn't meet the criteria published on our web site it was disqualified (word limit, template, password, AI generated, etc. )

We hope that you enjoyed participating in this writing competition and that it will inspire you to continue developing your creative skills.

Thank you for your participation,

HUPE Team

Storyland