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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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A Crash Course for Good Research

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

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.

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 Plan an Internal

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

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

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

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...

Planning your University Studies

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

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

How to Study with Past Exams

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

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

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

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...

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...

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

Maintaining New Habits

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

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

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

6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay

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

3 Ways to Study for Your Drama Exam

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

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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

Why Learning Should Be Hard

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

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

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

The Science of Habit-Building

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

Navigating Life After High School

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

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

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

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

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

Writing in the Real World

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

How to Study for Correspondence Subjects

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