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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...

6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay

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

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...

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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

Writing in the Real World

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

How to Prepare for Exams

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

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

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

How to Study with Past Exams

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

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 Effectively Study with a Past Paper

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

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

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

Neuroplasticity

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

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...

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...

Recognition Versus Recall

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

Why Critical Thinking Is So Important

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

How To Get Back Into the School Year

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

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

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

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...

The Science of Habit-Building

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

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

If you’re doing English, there’s a 100% chance you’ll be asked to...

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

How to Prepare for Exams

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

Planning your University Studies

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

How to Juggle the Internal Rush

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

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

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

Recognition Versus Recall

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

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

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