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The Science of Habit-Building

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

Navigating Life After High School

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

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

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Maintaining New Habits

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

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...

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay

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

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

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

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

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

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

How to Study for Correspondence Subjects

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

Understanding University Degrees

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

Understanding University Degrees

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

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...

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

Maintaining New Habits

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

Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams

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

How To Plan an Internal

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

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

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 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...

Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams

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

Recognition Versus Recall

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

Neuroplasticity

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

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Understanding Science Subjects

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

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 Study with Past Exams

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

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

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