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8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

After a wild year filled with Covid restrictions and teacher absences, exam season is finally upon...

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

How to Prepare for Exams

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

How to Study with Past Exams

Attempting past exam papers seems like a solid use of your study time when you can’t really think...

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 studying. Those past...

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

It’s your first year of NCEA exams, and you’re looking at the stressed-out year 12’s, the lifeless...

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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 Effectively Study with a Past Paper

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

How To Bounce Back From Mock Exams

Mock exams are everyone’s favourite time of year, and by everyone, I mean no...

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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

Navigating Life After High School

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

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...

Maintaining New Habits

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

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

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

Why Learning Should Be Hard

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

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 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...

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...

Maintaining New Habits

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

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

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

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

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

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...

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

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

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

3 Ways to Study for Your Drama Exam

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

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...

The Science of Habit-Building

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

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Why Critical Thinking Is So Important

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

How To Bounce Back From Mock Exams

Mock exams are everyone’s favourite time of year, and by everyone, I mean no...

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...

How To Plan an Internal

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