Yipiyap Blog

I worked at Yipiyap back in 2012 during my gap year. When Anne contacted me about the job, I thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to do something constructive, rewarding and challenging in my year off.

As a new member of the yipiyap in-school tutor program, I would highly recommend to anyone, considering taking a gap year, to become an in-school tutor for this incredible company.

My time at Yipiyap has been really amazing, and has been a real eye-opener for me. Having come straight out of a grammar school where everyone is in their own little bubble, I have learnt that education does not come easily to everyone.

Conservation of our closest biological relatives is an issue I find extremely important. The Bornean Orangutan is critically endangered, but due to the lack of funding from the governments of Borneo, they have only recently reached this conservation status, despite being close to extinction in the wild for over a decade.

I have been fortunate enough to be able to experience the full range of support that Yipiyap offer to schools. This has not only been a great opportunity for myself, but also for my personal development. Though primarily focused on group sessions and in-class support, I was also part of an alternative provision by catering to a student waiting for a school placement.

‘So what is your plan for next year?’ It’s quite obviously the question on everyone's lips in the last year of sixth form. My plan was always to have a gap year, but I think like most people, I was honestly spoiled for choice over what I would do for the year- caught between the temptation of laying on a beach for a year… getting some work experience… finding an internship?

Thanks to the extensive connections of yipiyap, I had the opportunity to go and work with Ernst and Young over the spring half term to get some experience in the world of accounting.

Hi, my name is Claire and I am currently a tutor at yipiyap. As I only started as a tutor at the beginning of March, my gap year so far has involved a mixture of different things and I would like to share with you what I have been doing.

Originally I was meant to be based in a school 5 days a week however when the school had to change their plans at short notice, Anne put forward the suggestion of me working with a looked after child 1 to 1 in the home. There was no pressure from Anne and at first I was very sceptical about the placement but from the first day I could tell it would be successful.