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Understanding Science Subjects

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

Writing in the Real World

Do you groan internally when your English teacher announces that you need to write another essay?...

Navigating Life After High School

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

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How to Prepare for Exams

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

Neuroplasticity

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

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

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

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 Effectively Study with a Past Paper

So you’ve decided that since exams are coming up, it might be time to do some...

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...

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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

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.

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

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

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

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

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

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

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.

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 Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

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

How To Bounce Back From Mock Exams

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

Planning your University Studies

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

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...

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

Why Learning Should Be Hard

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

How To Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

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

Why Critical Thinking Is So Important

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

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 Catch Up On Your Studies

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

Understanding University Degrees

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

How To Get Back Into the School Year

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

Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams

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

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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