If it had not been for a rare facetime call from a distant friend of mine, I may never have heard of Yipiyap…
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Every week our franchisee and regional director, Richard Edge, curates our guide to professional development, Creating Giants, which lands with a bump in our tutors inboxes. Each issue is packed full of a whole host of ideas, hints, and tips to ensure that come July, our tutors are better equipped to navigate the professional world.
Recently our Head of Colleague Support, Hannah Allan, contributed with a piece on feedback and importantly, how to respond to it.
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Essential skills help us through life in more ways than we can understand which is why Yipiyap decided to create a program which offers Yipiyaps the opportunity to improve and master skills that are essential in all aspects of life.
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We were delighted when Nottinghamshire Live featured our tutor, Jaclyn Olaniyan, who studied for her A Levels at Bilborough Sixth Form College, has returned to her secondary school, Nottingham University Samworth Academy, to provide valuable English, Maths, and Science tuition.
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This book in particular was one of the most interesting in terms of polarising opinion. Was the diary like format, split by mysterious dialogue, gripping or a cheap attention grab? Should all the unsettling details build to satisfying conclusions or be left to simmer in the back of your mind unexplained? And the ending – clever or clumsy?
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“My camera doesn’t work!”
“My internet’s slow!”
“I can’t hear you!”
“I can’t see you!”
“I don’t have a pen!”
“I need more paper!”
“I need to let the dog out!”
“My mic doesn’t work!”
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It’s hard to believe that this year’s tutor cohort only has five months left in the role before they move onto their next stage in life, be it university or the work place. So, with only five months to go before we wave goodbye to our class of 2020/2021 and say hello to 2021/2022, we’d better get cracking with our recruitment drive. And cracking we are! Even though it’s February, we are in full swing with our 6th form and college presentations, receiving applications, and interviewing. And, dare I say it, issuing our first contracts!
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If you are reading this as someone who is considering retaking subjects or reapplying to university, I can relate! I did both on my gap year with Yipiyap. Last year, I was downhearted to find I had been rejected from my top choice university. I had never considered taking a gap year before this point. A year on, having resat a subject and submitted a new UCAS form, I am now holding the exact offer that eluded me last year: taking a gap year was justified from a university application standpoint alone, and never mind the many other perks which come as part and parcel of it too!
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A bleak, ash covered road…
The bleachers of an American football game...
Under a blue sky on a desert island...
Thrust into the black emptiness of space after failing to convince your so-called “friends” you aren’t actually an alien imposter...
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A question that has played on my mind ever since joining Yipiyap is; what’s with the logo?! As someone who is very interested in the history of art and how it shapes the world around us, I couldn’t help but wonder about the story behind the Yipiyap bird!
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Reading the book, I felt two types of dread; the dread of the man and the boy walking through a decaying world, starving while they narrowly survive encounters with those who have rejected any sense of humanity out of desperation to keep living; and the dread of realising I’d picked an extremely bleak book for a relaxing evening! As I entered the Zoom call, I expected a black screen of exhausted faces. What I didn’t expect was for the team to actually enjoy the book, even more than I did!
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