Helen Eaton
Company Director, Helen Eaton has been an independent Consultant for over 9 years and before that, she was seconded by Cheshire West and Chester as a Primary Mathematics Consultant. Helen has worked in primary schools for 19 years and attained LftM and the NPQH.
Helen understands the pressures and time constraints teachers and schools are under. She is passionate about sharing her teaching and leadership expertise to support teachers in creating exciting and purposeful learning opportunities for their pupils. They are also mindful of the need to support teachers in maintaining a work/life balance.
Helen enjoys creating fun and educational resources. These resources can be seen here at Foldable Fun and Education Box
The other aspect of Eaton Consultancy is digital media & marketing. Helen has always marketed her own company of over 12 years, Education Box Ltd. Recently she worked with the leading digital agency WMA from the London office and Sony Music’s “Magic Star Kids and Family’s” marketing team. Some of Helen’s latest work can be seen here.
Multiplication Times Tables & FUN Resources from Foldable Fun!
Helen specialises in training teachers on the teaching of the Multiplication Times Tables, delivering high-quality training across the UK to schools and academies. She has produced educational materials with her partner George Eaton, which support children in learning the Multiplication Times Tables the fun way! These resources can be viewed via Education Box’s website
Happy or Bossy? Helen has co-produced with her talented partner, George Eaton, two new and very different Elf Activity Packs for children: “Happy Elf Activities” and “The Bossy Elf’s Terrible Tasks“. They can be viewed on her Foldable Fun website here.
Curriculum Design
Helen has worked with Chester Zoo’s ‘Learning Team’ to create a KS1 focussed ‘Conservation Curriculum Toolkit’ and KS2 focussed ‘Sustainable Palm Oil Toolkit’. Both Toolkits contain lesson plans with activities and resources and links to The National Curriculum’s objectives. They provide teachers with a strong framework for teaching the importance of conservation and sustainability (on behalf of ECM Education).
She has also recently worked with The BBC, providing Education Consultancy support.
Why Choose Eaton Consultancy?
Testimonials from schools Helen has worked with:
Helen has worked with us to support staff in enhancing their practice. She has provided advice, guidance, and practical strategies to help staff to provide a challenging and engaging curriculum for our Key Stage 1 pupils. After working with Helen, staff felt inspired to try new ideas and were able to implement the practical advice they were given straight away. Staff thoroughly enjoyed working with Helen in the supportive environment she created and learned a huge amount from her extensive subject knowledge. As a senior leader, I could see the immediate impact of the work that had been undertaken. We look forward to the opportunity to work with Helen again.
The bespoke training provided to our school by Eaton Education Consultancy was excellent. Helen met with our mathematics co-ordinator to find out how she could support us in improving mathematics at our school and then delivered two staff meetings that targeted our key areas of mental maths and application of maths skills. She inspired staff to go back to the classroom and immediately put into practice the teaching strategies she had shared with them. It was great to have someone who knows what it is like to be working in the madness that is a primary school. As a result, the strategies and activities she provided were practical and easy to apply in a busy classroom setting. All members of staff found the training beneficial and the results can be seen in our numeracy lessons.
The twilight sessions Helen led at our school were brilliant! The sessions were well-paced and gave one great practical idea after another. I could see all activities working extremely well across key stages and they could be easily adapted to suit all abilities. Helen showed us loads of ‘applying’ ideas, and linked maths easily to real-life examples. The sessions not only refreshed my enthusiasm for teaching maths, but made planning easier. Since the twilights, I have incorporated the activities easily into my weekly plans. The children have loved the activities and been engaged and excited about maths. It has also saved me hours of trawling the internet, looking for interesting and effective activities. It is great to leave a staff meeting feeling like your workload has been reduced! Thanks Helen.
