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8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

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

How To Get Back Into the School Year

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

How To Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

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

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 Juggle the Internal Rush

It’s mid-year(ish), internals are coming in hot as you get into the swing of...

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...

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

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

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

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

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...

Writing in the Real World

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

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

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

Writing in the Real World

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

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...

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...

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

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

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

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.

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

Maintaining New Habits

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

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

Planning your University Studies

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

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

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

How to Juggle the Internal Rush

It’s mid-year(ish), internals are coming in hot as you get into the swing of...

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

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

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 Prepare for Exams

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

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

The Science of Habit-Building

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