Loughborough pupils hit the bullseye in darts star's maths lesson

DARTS MATHS LESSON: Daryl Gurney’s visit to St Mary’s Catholic Primary School (Image: Kieran Cleeves/PDC)

Darts star, Daryl Gurney, visited St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Loughborough to lead a fun and inclusive Bullseye Maths session on October 5.

Daryl Gurney was in Leicestershire for the BoyleSports World Grand Prix Darts event in a bid to win his second title in the double-start tournament when he paid a visit to the Loughborough school. Daryl ran a Bullseye Maths session, which was launched by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) earlier this year.

Bullseye Maths was launched to promote numeracy in a fun and inclusive way, with the online portal accompanied by in-school sessions run by staff from Nottingham College's Room 180 Academy. The session saw Daryl join over 20 students in a series of tasks which involved maths worksheets and practical darts activity.

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He said: "It was good fun and I enjoyed seeing how enthusiastic the children were. I know from when I started playing darts that it helped my maths and hopefully this will be a benefit for all the students who've taken part in Bullseye Maths."

Room 180 Academy's Gary Horsley, who was joined by staff from Leicester-based CEL Sports to run the session, said: "This was another really good visit for Bullseye Maths and all the schoolchildren were brilliant.

"We saw some of the pupils really excel with the activities and show some great numeracy, and although playing darts was new to many of them they picked it up well."

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