Darts champions teach maths to kids at grand slam

Students from SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary were taught darts and maths by darts' world number 10, Josh Rock

They're in town to ensure their arrows are on target, but in between sessions at the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton the professional players have been teaching children maths.

The Professional Darts Corporation's (PDC) annual tournament is taking place at WV Active Aldersley, with Bullseye is designed to teach the youngsters maths while also inspiring them to take up the sport.

In the sessions children have been playing darts, while calculating their scores.

"I think it's very helpful for a kid at a young age to learn how to do maths, because some people struggle with it but I think this is the quickest way to learn," says world number 10 Josh Rock, who helped teach on his day off.

Students from SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary said the session was "really fun".

Shantelle, a pupil at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary, said she found her session "really fun".

"We learnt how to do multiplication, and adding and subtracting the scores of the dartboards and it helped us know more about what a dart actually is," she said.

Meanwhile, Bullseye maths teacher Gary Horsley explained why the sessions are so important.

"They can play with numbers, they can enjoy numbers, it doesn't matter if they make a mistake, we can work round it, it's just building that confidence," he said.

"It's been fantastic, we do lots of maths, we create magic really."