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Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

It’s your first year of NCEA exams, and you’re looking at the stressed-out...

Maintaining New Habits

Introducing a new habit can be tough. It’s too easy to get demotivated, you...

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

When I was in high school, I knew exactly how much  I was supposed to...

Planning your University Studies

In your last few years of high school, things can get pretty exciting. More...

Has Your Motivation Hit a Wall? Here’s How To Push Through

Do you find yourself going to the library only to waste your day staring at a...

How To Get Back Into the School Year

We all know the feeling. One minute you’re lying on the beach with your...

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

Before we dig into the details of our planning guide, we just want to combat a...

Why Critical Thinking Is So Important

In an age where information can be spread so easily, as GC’s (good citizens),...

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

Having a mile-long list of things you need to get done is one of the worst...

How To Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

You’re gonna be asked to analyse The Truman Show at least once in...

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

Goal-making is a notoriously common task you’re asked to do at the beginning...

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

When I was in high school, I knew exactly how much  I was supposed to...

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

Have you ever seen a really good diagram in class, and it just made so much...

Writing in the Real World

Do you groan internally when your English teacher announces that you need to...

How to Finally “Get” Maths, Once and for All

There’s nothing I hated at high school more than Maths.  Not only were my...

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

Before we dig into the details of our planning guide, we just want to combat a...

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

With mock exams right around the corner, and NCEA externals following soon...

Understanding Science Subjects

It’s no secret that science - be it chemistry, physics, or biology - is a...

Why You Might Be Feeling Unmotivated

We’ve made it through alert levels 3 and 4. Now we’re in level 2, we’re back...

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

NCEA results come out tomorrow.  Whether you’re actively dreading it or...

Maintaining New Habits

Introducing a new habit can be tough. It’s too easy to get demotivated, you...

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

The human brain is a mysterious beast. To some students, it’s a vital organ...

How to Finally “Get” Maths, Once and for All

There’s nothing I hated at high school more than Maths.  Not only were my...

How To Plan an Internal

We don't think we're being dramatic when we say internals are the single worst...

How To Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

You’re gonna be asked to analyse The Truman Show at least once in...

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

If you’re doing English, there’s a 100% chance you’ll be asked to...

The Science of Habit-Building

Why are Habits Important? “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend...

Why You Might Be Feeling Unmotivated

We’ve made it through alert levels 3 and 4. Now we’re in level 2, we’re back...

Understanding University Degrees

As the end of year 13 sneaks closer and closer, so do big decisions about your...

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

With mock exams right around the corner, and NCEA externals following soon...