

Teach Sleep Repeat
Dylan Price and Hayden Stevens
Teach Sleep Repeat is the podcast for teachers who need a laugh, a rant, and a reminder they are not alone. Dylan and Hayden dive into the real highs and lows of school life from classroom chaos to staffroom gossip. Listener submissions bring out the funniest disasters and most relatable dilemmas, while guests join to share their own unfiltered stories from life in and around education.
Send us your favourite teaching stories! E-mail: teachsleeprepeatpod@gmail.com
Send us your favourite teaching stories! E-mail: teachsleeprepeatpod@gmail.com
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Mar 24, 2025 • 1h 7min
Ep 105: Managing Imposter Syndrome, Tips For ECTs & Spotting Workplace Bullying
In this episode, we chat about looooads of different teacher topics. The impact of striking. Tips for ECTs and trainees. Managing workload. Identifying workplace bullying. Getting over imposter syndrome & MUCH MORE!Get in touch and leave us a review.. pretty please!Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Mar 17, 2025 • 1h 5min
Ep 104: How Much Of An Issue Is Behaviour In School? Teacher Tapp Insights with Gráinne Hallahan
This week, we chat about the apparent disconnect between what class teachers and leadership believe should be a school's top priority - behaviour or adaptive teaching...?Joining us with heaps of data is the brilliant Gráinne Hallahan from Teacher Tapp to talk us through what educators say!Make sure to follow us and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts!Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastTikTok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Mar 10, 2025 • 1h 2min
Ep 103: How To Inspire Children Through Science: A Chat With Maddie Moate
This week, we are delighted to be joined by the wonderful Maddie Moate. Maddie is a children's TV presenter, YouTuber, Author and West End star who has just released her latest book "How Does It Work?" which inspires curious children to understand how the world around them works.
In our chat with Maddie, we discuss the importance of science, why fostering curiosity in children is vital, the desire to have more role models in STEM for young children (especially girls) & what her book does to try and do all of the above.
Check out Maddie's new book "How Does It Work?" now: https://www.maddiemoate.com/howdoesitwork

Mar 3, 2025 • 1h 7min
Ep 102: Deep Diving The 'School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document': Know Your Rights!
It's not the most interesting or riveting read, but many teachers simply are not aware what is in the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document and this leads to many teachers not knowing their rights.Whether it's directed time, additional word, PPA arrangements, TLR payments or just wellbeing in general, in this episode we read you word for word what the document outlines should be given to teachers, give our interpretation & hopefully empower you to know what should and should not be expected of you at work.Please share this with any teacher you know!Follow us on:Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastTikTok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Feb 24, 2025 • 1h 12min
Ep 101: Why Do So Many People Hate Teachers?
This episode was inspired by a recent string of not-so-nice comments on social media from people who clearly have something against teachers... So we wondered... Why?! Who are the main groups? Where do they get their ideas from? & why are the minority of people always the loudest?!Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast/Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Feb 17, 2025 • 1h 19min
Ep 100: How We Would Lead A School: Planning, Marking, Play & Wellbeing
We have reached 100 episodes!We look back at our favourite parts of the podcast (including one of the most genuinely funny moments of our lives...), talk about some key shocking figures from teaching and then dive into how we would lead a school if given the chance.Thank you so much for joining us and here's to the next 200!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Feb 10, 2025 • 1h 11min
Ep 99: Have Ofsted Completely Lost Their Minds?
Have you seen the recent announcements from Ofsted and the government that explain how schools will be judged in the future?The general consensus is in...... It's not good.Join us as we chat about it and much more in this weeks episode!Isnta: https://www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Feb 3, 2025 • 1h 8min
Ep 98: Have We Overcomplicated Teaching? Why Simplicity Is Key
This week, we dive into why teaching has become SO much more complicated, the role has evolved, and we are asking more than ever from out children.... But is it for a good reason? Are we prioritising the right things?
We would love to hear what you think!
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Jan 27, 2025 • 1h 7min
Ep 97: The Harsh Realities of Teaching: 7 Things We Need To Talk About
This week, we reflect on our trip to BETT! We met loads of amazing people & companies, but also felt a bit overwhelmed by the choise and size of the event.
So, it inspired this week's episode. Yes, there are SO many cool edtech opportunities out there... But how many can schools actually afford? Can we train our teachers adequately? What's the point when English and Maths scores rule the roost?
We talk about 7 truths in teaching that we all need to be real and accept, as well as talk about as much as possible.
Throughout the episode, listen to Deb Lyons (computer science ambassador in a northern local authority) and Tony Cann, the founder of Learning by Questions. They both give their takes on the difficulties facing teachers and what they are doing about it to fix it!
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Jan 20, 2025 • 1h 6min
Ep 96: 15 Amazing Classroom Tools Every Teacher Should Try Out!
In this episode, we breakdown some of the best tools / schemes we use in the classroom.
With about 20 years teaching experience between us, we talk about what works for us, as well as how they could be implemented in a classroom.
From EdTech to scemes of learning, everything here is something we have personal used and benefitted from.
Just because it's not on our list doesn't mean it's bad! We'd love to hear what tools you couldn't live without as a teacher!
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