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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...

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

How to Study for Correspondence Subjects

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

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

You’re not weird if you often find yourself feeling particularly anxious...

Understanding University Degrees

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

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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

Recognition Versus Recall

What’s the Difference? If we were to insert the Burger King logo here and...

How to Prepare for Exams

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

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

The Science of Habit-Building

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

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

You’re not weird if you often find yourself feeling particularly anxious...

Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams

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

Recognition Versus Recall

What’s the Difference? If we were to insert the Burger King logo here and...

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

Why Failure is Okay

Failure’s often seen as a bad thing, but sometimes it can actually be good. We share how you can turn failure into success.

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

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

3 Ways to Study for Your Drama Exam

Before you read further… Everyone loves a little bit of drama. We’re all...

Understanding University Degrees

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

Why Critical Thinking Is So Important

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

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

Recognition Versus Recall

What’s the Difference? If we were to insert the Burger King logo here and...

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...

Writing in the Real World

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

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

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

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 Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

Neuroplasticity

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

3 Ways to Study for Your Drama Exam

Before you read further… Everyone loves a little bit of drama. We’re all...

Planning your University Studies

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