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How to Juggle the Internal Rush
It’s mid-year(ish), internals are coming in hot as you get into the swing of...
Neuroplasticity
What is neuroplasticity, and why should we care? If you’ve just hopped onto...
How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps
If you’re doing English, there’s a 100% chance you’ll be asked to...
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...
The Science of Habit-Building
Why are Habits Important? “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend...
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...
Types of Learners Don’t Exist
Have you ever seen a really good diagram in class, and it just made so much...
Timetabling Options for the Busy Student
With mock exams right around the corner, and NCEA externals following soon...
3 Ways to Study for Your Drama Exam
Before you read further… Everyone loves a little bit of drama. We’re all...
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.
6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay
At high school, particularly here in New Zealand, ideas are always assessed in...
8 Solutions to Your Study Problems
After a wild year filled with Covid restrictions and teacher absences, exam...
How to Study with Past Exams
Attempting past exam papers seems like a solid use of your study time when you...
Understanding University Degrees
As the end of year 13 sneaks closer and closer, so do big decisions about your...
How To Get Back Into the School Year
We all know the feeling. One minute you’re lying on the beach with your...
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...
Dealing with Multiple Assessments
Having a mile-long list of things you need to get done is one of the worst...
The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods
Retrieval methods refer to the ability to access information from your noggin...
Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam
It’s your first year of NCEA exams, and you’re looking at the stressed-out...
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Is Climate Change Real?
Climate change is a hot topic at the moment, and it got us thinking, what precisely is climate...
What to Do This School Holidays (But Mostly Unrelated Banter) | WHH Season 2 #10
With just one more week of school to go, we run over some stuff you can do this school holidays to...
The Future: School, University, Careers & Beyond | WHH #33
On our last episode for the year we answer a tonne of questions about making decisions in relation...
How to Prepare for Exams
Let’s all stop kidding ourselves - studying for exams is insanely hard. The content is confusing,...
How to Study (According to Science)
Aidan and Catherine give us some evidence based study tips to help us make the most of our...
How to Survive Multiple Assessments at Once
Do you have your friend's birthday, your school production, your big sports game, and three...
Start Studying for Mocks Now! | WHH Season 2 #22
Mocks may seem far away, but in reality they’ll crawl up on you faster than you’re expecting....
Productive Procrastination | WHH #15
This week we’re talking about productive procrastination and how you can use it to make your study...
StudyCrime: We React to Your Cheating Methods
Catherine and Alex rate your cheating suggestions out of 10 Aidans....
Answering Your Exam Questions
Our new friends Alex and Aidan tackle some of your burning exam questions submitted to us on...
How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020
Goal-making is a notoriously common task you’re asked to do at the beginning of the year. There...
Writing in the Real World
Do you groan internally when your English teacher announces that you need to write another essay?...
How to Prepare for Exams
Let’s all stop kidding ourselves - studying for exams is insanely hard. The content is confusing,...
A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning
Before we dig into the details of our planning guide, we just want to combat a few misconceptions...
How To Bounce Back From Mock Exams
Mock exams are everyone’s favourite time of year, and by everyone, I mean no one. It’s no one’s...
6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay
At high school, particularly here in New Zealand, ideas are always assessed in the form of essays....
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 figure out what your...
Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams
Logging into NZQA for external results feels like a cold slap-in-the-face to the commitment-free...
Why Learning Should Be Hard
We’ve all felt the pain of struggling through maths problem after maths problem, and the harder we...
How to Study with Past Exams
Attempting past exam papers seems like a solid use of your study time when you can’t really think...
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 Plan an Internal
We don't think we're being dramatic when we say internals are the single worst part of NCEA. Okay,...
Why Learning Should Be Hard
We’ve all felt the pain of struggling through maths problem after maths problem, and the harder we...
Why Critical Thinking Is So Important
In an age where information can be spread so easily, as GC’s (good citizens), we need to all be...
How to Study with Past Exams
Attempting past exam papers seems like a solid use of your study time when you can’t really think...
7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out
NCEA results come out tomorrow. Whether you’re actively dreading it or waiting with bated...
The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods
Retrieval methods refer to the ability to access information from your noggin when you want, where...
Writing in the Real World
Do you groan internally when your English teacher announces that you need to write another essay?...
Recognition Versus Recall
What’s the Difference? If we were to insert the Burger King logo here and challenge you to...
How To Get Back Into the School Year
We all know the feeling. One minute you’re lying on the beach with your friends, and the next,...
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