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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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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....

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Maintaining New Habits

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

Recognition Versus Recall

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

Neuroplasticity

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

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

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

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 Prepare for Exams

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

How to Prepare for Exams

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

How To Get Back Into the School Year

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

Navigating Life After High School

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

How To Plan an Internal

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

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

How to Juggle the Internal Rush

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

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

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

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...

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

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

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...

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 Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

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...

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Why Learning Should Be Hard

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

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.