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How to Improve Your Focus In and Out of the Classroom

We know what it’s like. You’re sitting in your fifth period class, trying to...

Neuroplasticity

What is neuroplasticity, and why should we care? If you’ve just hopped onto...

A Crash Course for Good Research

High school is all about learning, which is kind of why your teachers exist....

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

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

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

Retrieval methods refer to the ability to access information from your noggin...

Why Critical Thinking Is So Important

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

Navigating Life After High School

So you’ve made it to your final year of high school. Amidst the final sports...

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

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

How to Prepare for Exams

Let’s all stop kidding ourselves - studying for exams is insanely hard. The...

What to do in High School to Prepare for University

Getting to finish high school, move out of home, and start to study for a...

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

After a wild year filled with Covid restrictions and teacher absences, exam...

Neuroplasticity

What is neuroplasticity, and why should we care? If you’ve just hopped onto...

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

How to Improve Your Focus In and Out of the Classroom

We know what it’s like. You’re sitting in your fifth period class, trying to...

6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay

At high school, particularly here in New Zealand, ideas are always assessed in...

What To Do When Your Goals Aren’t Going To Plan

We all know that sinking feeling you get when you realise that you aren’t...

Planning your University Studies

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

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Understanding Science Subjects

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

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

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

How to Effectively Study with a Past Paper

So you’ve decided that since exams are coming up, it might be time to do some...

Maintaining New Habits

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

How to Improve Your Focus In and Out of the Classroom

We know what it’s like. You’re sitting in your fifth period class, trying to...

How to Study for Correspondence Subjects

Heaps of students opt for correspondence school to study their favourite...

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams

Logging into NZQA for external results feels like a cold slap-in-the-face to...

Why Learning Should Be Hard

We’ve all felt the pain of struggling through maths problem after maths...

Navigating Life After High School

So you’ve made it to your final year of high school. Amidst the final sports...

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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