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Why Failure is Okay

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.

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Recognition Versus Recall

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

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

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

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

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

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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

Maintaining New Habits

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

How to Study with Past Exams

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

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

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

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...

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 Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

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

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

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

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

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...

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 Study with Past Exams

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

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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

How To Get Back Into the School Year

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

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...

Maintaining New Habits

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

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

Neuroplasticity

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

Planning your University Studies

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

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

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

How to Study with Past Exams

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

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

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

How to Juggle the Internal Rush

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

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...