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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...

3 Ways to Study for Your Drama Exam

Before you read further… Everyone loves a little bit of drama. We’re all...

Navigating Life After High School

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

Understanding University Degrees

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

Maintaining New Habits

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

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 Get Back Into the School Year

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

How to Prepare for Exams

Let’s all stop kidding ourselves - studying for exams is insanely hard. The...

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

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

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

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

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams

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

Planning your University Studies

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

Why Learning Should Be Hard

We’ve all felt the pain of struggling through maths problem after maths...

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

Maintaining New Habits

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

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...

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

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

How To Plan an Internal

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

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

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

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

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

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.

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

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

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

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

Planning your University Studies

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

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...

3 Ways to Study for Your Drama Exam

Before you read further… Everyone loves a little bit of drama. We’re all...

How to Prepare for Exams

Let’s all stop kidding ourselves - studying for exams is insanely hard. The...

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...