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Practice and the Kasarani mathematics contest

Martha Karanja looks back at a week of PSL practice and the Kasarani mathematics contest. The September 2025 edition includes participation stories and the programme’s weekly review.

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0:00What is good PSL family? Welcome back to the PSL show. It's crazy to say we're in episode two. Last week we were able to

0:09launch episode one and I'm the same host Vasa Karanja. Thank you for joining us for the second episode of the PSL show.

0:17Now you know the drill. We're here to recognize our learners and the what they got up to last week. So our motto has

0:25always been and will always be where glory meets effort and the leaderboard tells a story. So this week we're not

0:33only recognizing our great achievers and who topped the charts in the leaderboard and what the badges of this week were.

0:40We had the honor of hosting our physical math contest on Saturday. Thank you Kasarani group of schools for hosting

0:47us. we will acknowledge and kind of get into what those guys are on to on Saturday. But before that, let's jump straight into the badges of the week.

0:57Yeah, this week the learners were grinding because the list I have with me right now has a different amount of learners than what we saw in last week's

1:05video. So, we're going to jump straight into flawless victory, which just means you completed a challenge and you got

1:12100%. So, some of these learners are Brian M, Jaden M., Hemed O, and Mareline

1:22E., it's nice to see you again, Maseline. We see you. We see the effort that you're putting in, and we appreciate you. Hope you get your flowers today. Um, now we're going to go

1:31straight into steady 14. Steady 14, we have Angel A, Mishbadi, Dikra. Thank

1:38you, the three of you, K this week, and we can't wait to see you next week. Now on to the Flash. This is actually my favorite.

1:47Now the Flash, we have Victoria W and Angel A. Congratulations, guys. Onto the

1:55Olympian. Now Olympian basically means that you got a 7day streak. Was like a perfect um of perfect days. So onto the Olympian, we have two Olympians.

2:08We have Lis K and Claire C.

2:12Congratulations, guys. Can't wait to see you again for another seven days of perfect scores. Um, on to the silver

2:20jubilee. Silver Jubilee just means you completed 25 challenges. 25 challenges.

2:25That is crazy. That means you're only 25 more to get the final badge, which is the golden jubilee. But let's focus on

2:34the silver jubilee for now. Now we have Sabrina G, J, Victor, Victoria W, Cla C, A, Ali A, Omar A, and Ethan B.

2:47Congratulations, guys. Thank you for carrying the silver the silver badge.

2:52Hope to see you next week and possibly at Golden because at Golden we have our two winners. These these two literally

3:00went band for band and were able to score 50. They were able to do 50 and complete 50 challenges. So from Little

3:08Lily's Kaka Mega, we have Joel K. Joel K, congratulations. We also have Aisha G

3:15from Alahill Royal. So congratulations, guys. And let's jump straight into the next category. So we're jumping straight

3:22into top gainers. Now our top gainers over here, we do things differently. We don't just do, oh, you've gotten a number one and then we shakare you and

3:31we buy you a juice or whatever. We're going to recognize everyone who was able to gain or like add any point from last week. So comparing the two different

3:40weeks, these are the people who are able to jo to gain more points on that category. So over here, proof. This is

3:47literally proof that consistency plus effort is equals to result. So let's grind everybody and let's add some of those points and possibly I will call

3:56your name out for the next one. So, someone who jumped 56 places, I'm talking from 138 to 82. That is crazy.

4:08We have Joan N. Congratulations, Joan.

4:11We see you. And that is literally so amazing. Hope to see you next week again. Um, someone who jumped with who

4:19rose 20 spots. So, initially I don't have your initial scores, but I do know the points that you gained with

4:27you are top 30 with 1,491 points. Over here, we have Brian M.

4:35Brian M, we've seen you at Budgets of the Week. Hope to see you again and again. Keep shining, Brian. We see you.

4:40Um, AA was able to climb with 11 places and was

4:47top 20 this last week. Now, um, Fatma O was able to improve with 10 ranks. Jaden

4:55M advanced six spots into the top 20 and powered by 1,424

5:02points. So, keep being consistent, keep shaking up the leaderboard. We see you and let's see you next week. It appears

5:09from last week we had new members joining us to the PSL family. Welcome everybody. Now we would like to

5:17acknowledge some of some of you guys that we kind of saw you making an effort and we have Joy M, Baraka M and Adia N.

5:29So welcome to the PSL family. Hope to see you climbing the ranks and getting your badges and getting your flowers and

5:39in the process I hope you learn a lot from what we have to offer. Now, jumping straight from the fresh names that we

5:45got to see, we want to acknowledge our top scorers of the week. These are the pros. These are the order farmers over

5:52here, right? And um we want to start with Emmanuel N. He was fifth place with

6:0238 actions, scoring 1,678 points. Congratulations, Emmanuel, at

6:09fifth place. Next we have Omar A. Omar A, congratulations. You completed um

6:16last week's challenge with 40 actions and you were able to score 1,756

6:23points. That is crazy. Congratulations, Omar. On third place, in third place, we have Zawadi W. Zawadi. Congratulations.

6:34Now out here, we know Zawadi. Zawadi is beating all odds over there. and hopefully we'll get to recognize her

6:40later. Um, Zawadi was able to to have um 42 actions and was able to score 1,821 points. Now, onto the second and first.

6:52Now, here is where things get a bit interesting, right? We have Aman M. Aman, I hope I've not butchered

7:01your name because you had an outstanding 44 points. 44 actions and you had a

7:07total of 1,892 points. Now, I want you guys to kind of in the comments kindly kindly leave for

7:16me what the two the the gap between number one and number two was because this is crazy. You are literally leaving each other with a few points. Now, at

7:25number one, we have Emmanuel N. Emmanuel and with 49 actions, you were able to score 2,00

7:33two 2,39 points. So, leave leave it below who you how much you think that is. Do the math. Yeah. So, notice how there's like 50 to 40 to 50 actions.

7:47That means if you make uh in order to get big points, you actually have to put more dominance like put more action act

7:56act on the act on the challenges and for sure you're going to reap the benefits of your own labor. So on to the next category.

8:05We want to jump straight into our value valuable um battlefielders. We have each and every one of them scoring and

8:13recording 477 ranking challenges last week. That is amazing. We want to recognize the five

8:21of you. So at number five, we have Samuel R. Congratulations Samuel. We have Lois K. At number four,

8:30at number three, we have Joy K. Joel K, you're killing it. Keep doing what you're doing. Now at the top we have our

8:38number two and a number one. Our number two was actually also at the at the budget of the week section. We have Aisha G. Aisha G. Congratulations.

8:50Last but not least, we know her. We love her. We see her every time we log into the link. We have Zawadi W. Still a

8:59reigning champion at number one. Thank you Zawadi. keep doing what you're doing and we acknowledge whatever challenges that you're doing each and every week.

9:07Keep sh keep shining zawadi. Now we're jumping straight onto the special feature. On Saturday, as I mentioned

9:15during the intro, we were able to have our physical contest and with me I have the results.

9:22Now we're going to highlight um some of the contestants and the schools that were present. So congratulations. Thank

9:30you for showing up and representing the different schools that you're from.

9:33Let's look at the performance across the grades. Starting with grade seven, Casarani was able to lead with a

9:41staggering 57 average, producing top five learners, including someone whose names I'm actually obsessed with. Um,

9:50Gut Gat Quat Gatqu did I did I butcher your name? No.

9:57you were able to score 60 points with other four contestants who are also tied at um 59. Congratulations. Thank you Kasarani for giving us great learners.

10:09Straight into grade eight. Now in grade eight, our best school was again

10:16Casarani with an average of 73 marks with John K scoring a 91 points. We have

10:26Angel W with 90, Gladis W with 87 leading the pack. So,

10:36congratulations, Kasarani. Again, thank you for representing grade 8.

10:41Now, on to grade nine. Now, grade grade nine had a different school.

10:47Congratulations Mountain View for scoring an average of 87 marks with cornerstone

10:56ACK center Elizabeth close behind with a top student being Melvin M.

11:03Congratulations Melvin for scoring 93 points.

11:08We have Raymon K from Mountain View with 93 points.

11:14We have Patrick N with 93 points from Mountain View. So congratulations Mountain View for sweeping um the best scores in grade nine.

11:27Now, last but not least, we had our top uh we had our best overall school. Now, drum roll, please.

11:37This this school was able to shake things up on that day.

11:42Our best school during the PSL contest was Mountain View School. Congratulations,

11:50Mountain View. Thank you for participating and for being able to um participate in the context or in the

11:58cont uh contest. Um Mountain View's depth secured the crown. Casarani

12:05dominated grade seven and eight and cornerstone with a with Thank you so

12:12much for participating with all your participants. Hope to see even more schools. hope that this context gets bigger and we get to see more schools.

12:21But for the schools present, thank you so much. Sadly, that marks the end of today's episode. Thank you for joining

12:28me for episode two. And if you're wondering what even is PSL, find the click the link below and you will you'll

12:35be able to join and stand a chance to join the challenge for next week. Now, currently this week's challenge is happening and you know what the

12:44leaderboard can change overnight and you can climb, you can drop. So, keep winning, keep grinding. I've been your host Martha Karanja and join me for next

12:53week's episode where we get to see more of what our learners are doing. So,

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