Teach Sleep Repeat
by Dylan Price and Hayden Stevens
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222. Teachers' Most Unpopular Opinions: Homework, Tech and Planning…
222. Teachers' Most Unpopular Opinions: Homework, Tech and Planning…
About this podcast
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.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 229 episodes
- 222. Teachers' Most Unpopular Opinions: Homework, Tech and Planning From Scratch · 50 min · Season 5 Episode 10What are the most unpopular opinions teachers and school staff really hold? Hayden and Dylan work through your submissions on homework, shared planning, AI lesson tools, screens…
- 221. The Most Ridiculous Whole-School Policies EVER! · 49 min · Season 5 Episode 9Welcome back, valued listeners & watchers! In today's episode, we go through your listener submissions for the craziest, most ridiculous, daft, waste-of-time whole school…
- 220. Your Craziest & Most Unhinged School Trip Stories Ever! · 39 min · Season 5 Episode 8More schools than ever are taking two weeks off in October, so where does the extra week come from? Dylan explains how his old school swapped INSET days for twilights, why it can…
- 219. The Craziest Parents' Evening Stories Ever! · 46 min · Season 5 Episode 7It’s nearly the end of Term 1, which means the first parents’ evening of the year, usually when you’re shattered and losing your voice. Dylan and Hayden talk about why it’s still…
- 218. Vaping Around Schools, Staffroom Small Talk & Best Maths Resources · 42 min · Season 5 Episode 6Hayden plans the episode this week, which means you get a game. He opens with a bedtime story about his nearly-three-year-old that ends with the question no parent wants to hear…
- 217. Term 1 Madness, Kids Being Gross & Hayden's Baby Arrives! · 41 min · Season 5 Episode 5Hayden is back after one whole week of paternity leave, with a 10-day-old son called Albie (who Dylan has already renamed Albatross). We talk about how much calmer you are second…
- 216. The Craziest RED FLAG School Stories Ever! · 49 min · Season 5 Episode 4Once a year we ask you for your school's biggest red flags, and once a year you absolutely bury us. Nearly a thousand comments on Facebook alone, so we've pulled out the worst of…
- 215. PISA Results, Teacher Pay & BORING Writing Schemes · 49 min · Season 5 Episode 3🧮 Free for school staff: generate arithmetic worksheets in seconds at tools.mathszoo.app England has just landed in the world's top ten for reading, maths and science. Good news…
- 214. "Low-level" Disruption, Emails Out Of Hours & Has AI Gone Too Far In Education? · 50 min · Season 5 Episode 2🧮 Free for school staff: generate arithmetic worksheets in seconds at tools.mathszoo.app One day into the new year, and a listener is already drained. Not the big stuff. The…
- 213. The Ultimate Back To School Guide! Your Questions Answered · 56 min · Season 5 Episode 1🧮 Free for school staff: generate arithmetic worksheets in seconds at tools.mathszoo.app An ECT one week in, a class sat well below the expected level, and a head already…
- 212. Crazy Health & Safety, Assessing Better & Dress Codes! [Listener Q&A] · 45 min · Season 4 Episode 83🧮 Free for school staff: generate arithmetic worksheets in seconds at tools.mathszoo.app Five weeks of rehearsals. Year Six production. Opening night a few hours away. And then…
- 211. Will Burnham's Education Plans Work? [Listener Q+A] · 42 min · Season 4 Episode 82🧮 Free for school staff: generate arithmetic worksheets in seconds at tools.mathszoo.app A Year 1 teacher has been told her school is bringing in continuous provision from…
- 210. Summer Catch-Up: Padel, Smashed Controllers & A New Office? · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 81Hayden turns up in a Nike sweatband, insists it is not cosplay, and claims his paddle sponsorship money is not far off Tiger Woods territory. It goes downhill from there. Dylan…
- 209. Is School Leadership & Having A Young Family Compatible? · 53 min · Season 4 Episode 80Dylan spent half a wedding being blamed for something he definitely did not do, and there were witnesses. It is a strong opening to a Q&A that gets serious surprisingly fast. A…
- 208. Everything You Need to Know About Lucy Powell: The Fresh Start We Need? · 49 min · Season 4 Episode 79🧮 Free for school staff: generate arithmetic worksheets in seconds at tools.mathszoo.app Bridget Phillipson is out, Lucy Powell is in, and most teachers could not pick her out of…
- 207. Year 6 Productions, PPA From Home & Enrichment On A Budget · 49 min · Season 4 Episode 78🧮 Free for school staff: generate arithmetic worksheets in seconds at tools.mathszoo.app Seven sessions. That is how much rehearsal time one Year 6 team was given for their end…
- 206. Why We NEED To Start Respecting Teachers' Personal Time (Listener Q+A) · 51 min · Season 4 Episode 77🧮 Free for school staff: generate arithmetic worksheets in seconds at tools.mathszoo.app A second year teacher writes in wanting to know when everything you have to do in a day…
- 205. Why You Can't Let Teaching Take Over Your Life (Emotional!) · 1 h 4 min · Season 4 Episode 76🧮 Free for school staff: generate arithmetic worksheets in seconds at tools.mathszoo.app Under what circumstances would you actually raise your voice at a class? Dylan reckons he…
- 204. Tricky Classes, Unpaid Work & Anonymous Surveys (That Aren't Actually Anonymous!) · 52 min · Season 4 Episode 75You've just been handed your new class, and the previous teacher's parting words are that they were the most difficult group they've taught in eleven years. Helpful heads up, or…
- 203. Is Using AI Tutors In Schools A Good Idea? (Listener Q&A) · 42 min · Season 4 Episode 74🧮 Free for school staff: generate arithmetic worksheets in seconds at tools.mathszoo.app The government have announced plans for all children on free school meals to be given…
