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How to Catch Up On Your Studies

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

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

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

A Crash Course for Good Research

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

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

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...

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...

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...

Has Your Motivation Hit a Wall? Here’s How To Push Through

Do you find yourself going to the library only to waste your day staring at a...

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Understanding University Degrees

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

Writing in the Real World

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

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

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

Recognition Versus Recall

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

Planning your University Studies

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

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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

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...

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...

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

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

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

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

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

Understanding University Degrees

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

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 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...

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...

How To Get Back Into the School Year

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

Navigating Life After High School

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

Why Critical Thinking Is So Important

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

How To Plan an Internal

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