Season 3

March 30, 2025

Ep 106: How Can Teachers Eat Well Easily & Overcome Bad Food Habits? Top Tips With Charlie Burley (The Teachers' Health Coach)

Ever since our first chat with Charlie Burley (The Teachers' Health Coach), we've been itching to get back for another conversation about food. Teachers know how tricky improving our relationship with food is when working in ...

March 23, 2025

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 to...

March 16, 2025

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...

March 9, 2025

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 ...

March 2, 2025

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...

Feb. 23, 2025

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 fr...

Feb. 16, 2025

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 w...

Feb. 9, 2025

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 w...

Feb. 2, 2025

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 woul...

Jan. 26, 2025

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 edte...

Jan. 19, 2025

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 classr...

Jan. 12, 2025

Ep 95: Why Do So Many Teachers Feel Trapped In The Job?

We've all either felt this way or had a conversation with a teacher that goes like this... "I would leave but I just feel like I can't" It's a widespread thought and this week we dive into WHY it is the case. What are the pro...

Jan. 5, 2025

Ep 94: The Ultimate New Year Teacher Guide: 7 Things You Need To Do In 2025!

Happy 2025! What better way to start off the year than with a brand new episode of Teach Sleep Repeat. This week, we talk through 7 things that will help teachers smash the new year. Let us know what you think & follow us on....

Dec. 29, 2024

Ep 93: Reading for Pleasure, Fining Bad Behaviour & 2025 Goals

Our LAST episode of 2024 is packed! We reflect on the best things from the last year, talk about the recent suggestion parents should be FINED for their children's bad behaviour & set some goals for 2025. We hope you enjoy an...

Dec. 22, 2024

Ep 92: Teacher This or That: Rows or Groups? iPads or Sheets? Pupil Gifts or Not?

Yes... We are releasing an episode on Christmas week! This episode covers a whole medley of teacher topics, so there's bound to be something here for anyone. Should year 6 abandon maths and English after SATs? Would you rathe...

Dec. 15, 2024

Ep 91: The Ultimate Guide To Teaching Maths: Conceptual Understanding, Problem Solving & Manipulatives

In this episode, we spill everything we know about teaching maths. Having qualified as primary maths experts and lead maths in school for many years, we hope this episode is something all teachers new and old can get somethin...

Dec. 8, 2024

Ep 90: 9 Things We Would Implement In Every School Immediately: Marking, Dress Codes & Play

We aren't afraid of talking about the big issues in education, which means we also like to think of as many solutions as possible. Here are 9 policies we think every school should immediately introduce. What do you think? Fol...

Dec. 1, 2024

Ep 89: Beating Burnout, Boosting Health & Putting Yourself First: Top Tips with Charlie Burley (The Teachers' Health Coach)

Teaching, especially in the manic term before Christmas, can cause your health and looking after yourself to take a backseat. Charlie, the teachers' health coach, joins us this week to explain why that doesn't have to be the ...

Ep 88: The New Proposed OFSTED Reform: Will It Finally 'Raise Standards In Education'?

Nov. 24, 2024