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Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams

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

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...

How To Bounce Back From Mock Exams

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

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

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

3 Ways to Study for Your Drama Exam

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

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Why Learning Should Be Hard

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

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

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

6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay

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

Navigating Life After High School

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

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 Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

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...

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

How To Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

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

Understanding Science Subjects

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

Understanding University Degrees

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

Maintaining New Habits

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

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

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

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

We’re almost halfway through the year and with COVID-19, a truckload of...

Neuroplasticity

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

Planning your University Studies

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

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.

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

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

How to Study with Past Exams

Attempting past exam papers seems like a solid use of your study time when you...

Writing in the Real World

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

Why Critical Thinking Is So Important

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

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...

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...

6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay

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

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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