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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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What to do in High School to Prepare for University

Getting to finish high school, move out of home, and start to study for 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...

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

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

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

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

Recognition Versus Recall

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

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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

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...

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

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

Understanding University Degrees

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

How To Plan an Internal

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

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...

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay

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

What to do in High School to Prepare for University

Getting to finish high school, move out of home, and start to study for a...

How to Study for Correspondence Subjects

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

Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams

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

How to Prepare for Exams

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

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...

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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

How to Juggle the Internal Rush

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

Navigating Life After High School

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

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...

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...

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 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.

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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

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