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Maintaining New Habits

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

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...

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 Study for Correspondence Subjects

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

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

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

The Science of Habit-Building

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

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

Writing in the Real World

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

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

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

6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay

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

How To Plan an Internal

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

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...

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

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

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),...

Maintaining New Habits

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

How to Juggle the Internal Rush

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

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...

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

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

Understanding Science Subjects

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

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

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...

Planning your University Studies

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

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

How To Bounce Back From Mock Exams

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

How To Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

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

Neuroplasticity

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

How to Finally “Get” Maths, Once and for All

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