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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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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 Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

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

Maintaining New Habits

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

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

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

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.

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

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

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

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

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...

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

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

Understanding University Degrees

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

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 Multiple Assessments

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

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 Bounce Back From Mock Exams

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

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams

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

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 Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

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

Understanding Science Subjects

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

Recognition Versus Recall

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

How To Get Back Into the School Year

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

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...

How To Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

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

How to Juggle the Internal Rush

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

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

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