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Social Responsibility

The Roedean Academy

The Roedean Academy

Overview

The Roedean Academy is an initiative spearheaded by Roedean School (SA) that aims to provide additional tuition for scholars from under-resourced schools. Roedean has established a world-class training environment that is sustainable, and which is having a significant influence on South Africa’s English, Mathematics, and Physical Science/Accounting education for girls from under-resourced communities. We have partnered with the neighbouring Barnato Park High School to provide tuition in Mathematics, English, Accounting and Physical Science to up to 100 girls in Grades 8-12. 

During the school year, the girls arrive at Roedean School at 15:00. Once the register has been taken, the girls are given a hot lunch in the dining-room. After this, they have the opportunity to go to the Roedean library and choose books to take home with them. At 15:30, classes start and the girls go off to their relevant classroom. They attend the programme on various afternoons per week. 

With the class sizes kept at a maximum of 20, the girls are tutored in Mathematics, Accounting, Physical Sciences, and English by Roedean staff and using Roedean facilities. In addition to classroom teaching, time is also set aside to use the computer room for research and to complete school assignments. 

Grade 8 and Grade 9 pupils attend the Academy on three afternoons per week. Here the focus is on Mathematics and English.

The Roedean Academy

Online Tutoring Programme

An online tutoring programme was conceptualised by the Social Responsibility and Roedean Academy team in a response to the academic needs of the Roedean Academy students. Volunteers are recruited from Grades 11 and 12, and they are assigned a Roedean academy student who they work with on a weekly basis.

This model has proved to be useful to both the volunteers and the Academy pupils.

Dale Quaker

Dale Quaker is currently the Chief Financial Officer for Cupric Africa, a private equity owned mining company which through its Botswana sister company Khoemacau Copper recently completed the building of its copper silver project.

He was previously the CFO of the Khoemacau Group leading the finance function as the Group transitioned from an exploration company, through the fundraising of a $650m debt, streaming and equity funding package through to completion of construction..

Prior to joining Cupric, he was an independent consultant to the mining and construction industries. In his last corporate role, he headed up the marketing and logistics function for Xstrata Coal South Africa, after having fulfilled a senior finance role in the company previously..

Dale held roles at BHPBillition subsidiary, Samancor Chrome, both at the operations and corporate office in Johannesburg. Dale is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Management Accountant and has three daughters at Roedean.

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