

Teach Sleep Repeat
Dylan Price and Hayden Stevens
Welcome to 'Teach Sleep Repeat,' the podcast hosted by primary school teachers, Hayden and Dylan. Get ready for a rollercoaster of laughs, rants, and thought-provoking insights on the world of education.
Whether it's just Dylan or Hayden, or if they're joined by one of their amazing guests, you can expect a fun-filled hour of listening.
So, whether you're an educator, a parent, or just curious about the teaching world, stay tuned each week for a new dose of 'Teach Sleep Repeat.'
Send us your favourite teaching stories! E-mail: teachsleeprepeatpod@gmail.com
Whether it's just Dylan or Hayden, or if they're joined by one of their amazing guests, you can expect a fun-filled hour of listening.
So, whether you're an educator, a parent, or just curious about the teaching world, stay tuned each week for a new dose of 'Teach Sleep Repeat.'
Send us your favourite teaching stories! E-mail: teachsleeprepeatpod@gmail.com
Episodes
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Aug 5, 2024 • 1h 1min
Ep 74: How To Smash Your Teacher Training: 12 Tips To Success
This week we speak directly to our upcoming teacher fanbase with 12 top tips to get the most out of your ITT (initial teacher training) whether it's the 3-year B Ed, the 1-year PGCE or anything in between.
Let us know what you think of these tips and this episode!
Get in touch:
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Jul 29, 2024 • 1h 11min
Ep 73: 5 Mistakes Every Teacher Makes (& How To Overcome Them)
Welcome to the brains of two teachers as we reflect on some absolute classic mistakes we've made in the classroom over the years.
More importantly, we talk about how we've overcome them and grown as teachers.
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Jul 22, 2024 • 1h 2min
Ep 72: How To Build A Successful Teacher Side Hustle
Welcome to this week's episode where we talk all things side hustles!
We feel like we're always reading posts from teachers looking to earn some extra cash with a side hustle. Usually tutoring... but there are plenty of other options!
In this episode we talk about our side hustle and how it's grown over the last six years.
More importantly, how exactly we got started, what you NEED to do to pass that first hurdle, discussions on risk management and lots more general tips to help get you started.
Taking the first step is the hardest part... Hopefully our pod will help you do that! If it does...
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Jul 15, 2024 • 1h 4min
Ep 71: What Makes An 'Amazing' Teacher?
Welcome back!
This week, we discuss what makes an “amazing” teacher.
What things are always needed… Is there anything that is a bit of a gimmick?
Building relationships, subject knowledge, fancy classrooms…. What really matters?
Let us know if we missed anything… We probably did…
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Jul 8, 2024 • 1h 4min
Ep 70: Surviving The Summer Term, Being A "Fun" Teacher & Tory Collapse
The Tories have been decimated.
Gillian Keegan has been booted out.
Two lovely sentences!
We reflect on the election result, talk about the line between being a fun teacher but also doing the job effectively, and share general tips on how to survive gruelling term 6.
We were pretty unhinged in this one.... Hope you enjoy it!
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Jul 1, 2024 • 1h 6min
Ep 69: Alastair Campbell On Politics In School, Lowering The Voting Age & Being Optimistic
We are joined by Alastair Campbell, ex-advisor to Tony Blair in the New Labour government & host of the number 1 podcast in the UK "The Rest Is Politics".
Alastair has written two books aimed at school children with the aim of doing what sometimes seems impossible.... getting them interested in politics.
We talk about lowering the voting age, why all politicians aren't the same & what there is to be optimistic about in the current climate with the potential of a new government.
You can find Alastair's books here:
Why Politics Matter - https://amz.run/9JTE
Alastair Campbell Talks Politics - https://amz.run/9JTF
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Jun 24, 2024 • 53min
Ep 68: Should Private School Fees Include VAT?
Join us as we discuss the imminent plan to add VAT to private school fees.
Long overdue?
A bad idea?
What do you think?
We share our thoughts & ideas alongside a bunch of statistics about the current climate.
Do get in touch with us and let us know what you think.
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Jun 17, 2024 • 1h 11min
Ep 67: Can Flexible Working Save Education?
On the first day of Teach Sleep Repeat, my true love gave to me, an episode about flexible workingggg.
On the second day of Teach Sleep Repeat, my true love gave to me, a hypothetical question about Hayden becoming a dogggg.
On the third day of Teach Sleep Repeat, my true love gave to me, a McDonald's bag without an apple pieeeee.
If you still want to listen to the episode, you are a true fan.
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Jun 10, 2024 • 1h 9min
Ep 66: Does Becoming A Parent Negatively Affect Your Teaching?
You can tell we've been away on holiday for a week because this episode is particularly scatty!
We reflected on taking our babies away for a week, how many Kripsy Kremes we consumed in a week & the importance of sports day all within one episode......
The bulk of the episode was a reflection about how to balance parenting and teaching. It was a good one!
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Jun 3, 2024 • 1h 12min
Ep 65: Do We Need A New National Curriculum?
Join us this week as we dive into a hypothetical situation in which the next government SCRAP the current national curriculum and start again.
Would this be a good idea?
What would the pros and cons be?
Is it even likely to happen?
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