

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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Sep 2, 2024 • 1h 8min
Ep 76: Controversial Teacher Opinions: Ditch Languages, Keep SATs & 4-Day School Weeks?
This week, we discuss YOUR controversial teacher opinions!
Blaming parents, keeping SATs, ditching languages?!?
We read out your submissions and give say what we think on hot talking points in teaching.
We even have a disagreement!
Get in touch and let us know what you think. You can find us at:
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Aug 26, 2024 • 1h 11min
Ep 75: The Ultimate Back-To-School Guide For Teachers: Routines, Behaviour & Self-Care
The summer holidays are about to end & that means one thing....
The new school year is upon us!
In this episode, we dive into how to start off September with a bang & hit the ground running.
We talk about pretty much everything in this ultimate guide to going back to school:
Setting up routines
High expectations
Nailing behaviour
Managing your wellbeing
Building solid relationships
& Loads more!
We can't wait to hear what you think about the episode.
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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...
Drop us a review & follow the podcast!
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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…
Drop us a review & follow the podcast!
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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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