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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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Writing in the Real World

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

Why Learning Should Be Hard

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

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...

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.

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

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

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

When I was in high school, I knew exactly how much I was supposed to...

3 Ways to Study for Your Drama Exam

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

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 Prepare for Exams

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

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...

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 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...

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

Recognition Versus Recall

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

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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

How To Plan an Internal

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

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 Catch Up On Your Studies

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

Planning your University Studies

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

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...

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

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

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

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

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...

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...

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 Finally “Get” Maths, Once and for All

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