HOPE News for Hospital Teachers

July 23, 2010

Invitation to the 8th HOPE General Assembly 2010

November 4 - 2010 at 6 – 7 pm, at the Heckscher-Klinikum, Munich, Germany.

    Uppsala, July 2010

Dear members of HOPE, You are herewith all officially invited to participate at the 8th General Assembly of HOPE. It will take place on 4 November, 2010 at 6 – 7 pm, at the Heckscher-Klinikum, Munich, Germany. In order to save time and to allow you to take an active part in the discussions we send you this special edition of our Newsletter. It includes all necessary documents. All participants are requested to read it carefully and bring it to the General Assembly.
Each proposal for suggested change of the agenda must be given in writing to the President no later than fifteen days before the General Assembly.
Gerd Falk-Schalk, President (e-mail: 018.252682@telia.com)

Related documents
Newsletter special edition on Genera Assembly
Proxy form

12/1/2010

7th European H.O.P.E. Congress for Hospital Teachers

November 3 - 7, 2010 in Munich, Germany

Registration is open !

www.hope2010munich.eu

11/2/2010

Open Days In Ledina Hospital School, Ljubljana, Slovenia

New Hospital - Different Hospital School Exhibition Save Our Planet (HOPE Workshop No 2). 9th and 10th of April 2010.

In June 2009 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, a new Pediatric clinic was open. Due to this event Hospital School Ledina has organised Open Days with some interesting lectures and an exhibition Save Our Planet. Please, See the attachment for the program.

Tanja Becan, headteacher of Hospital School Ledina, Ljubljana, Slovenia Mojca Topic, hospital teacher, Hospital School Ledina, Ljubljana, Slovenia, HOPE Board Member

28/7/2009

Comenius Project Open the box: Seeking for partners

L’Ecole à l’Hôpital from Belgium is seeking for 2 or 3 similar partner schools to participate in a Comenius EU. funded project for 2010-2012. The preparatory visit would take place in Brussels mid November 2009. Financial assistance for the November meeting would be available from your own country’s National Agency. The target groups are children of school age who need to continue their education whilst under the care of hospital staff but we would also include teens from other schools. Should you require any further assistance, please contact Dominique Frochisse, who can be reached at:
CNWL/ Ecole
Allée de Clerlande,
1348 Ottignies, Belgium
Tel: 00 32 10 430208
domid78@gmail.com

For more information on this project click here

11/5/2009

Newsletter 1/2009

The Newsletter 1/2009 is online. This is a special issue about HOPE network of workshops.

5/5/2009

European Survey on the Education of children and adolescents with medical needs

Workshop 15 has published a report on the Education of children and adolescents with medical needs in hospital or at home, based on an European Survey conducted by HOPE in 2007 and 2008. The document summarises the survey's main findings and identifies Barriers and Examples of Good Practice on the education of children with a medical condition all over Europe. The report has been further updated on October 2009.

6/1/2009

The World Wall Hanging

Hospital schools around the world are combining to make a World Wall Hanging. This will consist of twelve squares – each one from a different hospital school. Each square will represent the school or country where it was made. An example of this is the one that was made at the Barrett Adolescent Centre School in Queensland Australia. A kangaroo and the Southern Cross feature – a kangaroo not only is representative of Australia but also of the centre which is set amongst bushland and where kangaroos roam freely. The Southern Cross is the star formation found in the southern hemisphere and features on the Aussie flag.

This activity has proven in Australia, Ireland and Finland to be quite therapeutic and rewarding. Tuija from Finland and Jody from Ireland have already produced their twelve squares and we would like nine other schools to join us so as the finished product will be a talking point of many schools around the world.

Your school would need to make twelve identical squares. The squares should be twelve inches square. The base material should be cotton but other fabrics eg felt can be used to embellish the square. Half an inch should be left around the border for the squares to be sewn together. They do not have to be complicated. It’s best to keep them simple so that clients and staff alike can participate in the project and learn new skills.

If you would like your hospital to be involved in this project, please contact:

Mr Kev Rodgers Barrett Adolescent Centre School Orford Drive WACOL QLD 4076 AUSTRALIA krodg9@eq.edu.au

When you have finished your twelve squares, you can send them to the above address and we will package up your twelve international squares and send them to you. If you write a paragraph about your school and your square we will produce a short booklet to go with the wall hanging and to be sent with your final squares.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kev Rodgers Principal Barrett Adolescent Centre School