Badge Awards, Book Reviews and Merits

The objective of our library is to cultivate a love of reading in our students. We know that reading for pleasure is a skill that requires time, practice and encouragement, and so we engage our students on their journey, by employing our Oliver Badge Awards Scheme.

Milestone award stickers and certificates are issued, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond, in the following three categories:

READING ROCKSTAR – for loans of different titles

PUNCTUALITY PRO – for loans returned punctually / not overdue.

REVIEWER ROYALTY – for number of submitted, approved book reviews

10 MERITS and a small stationary gift are awarded at every milestone in the Reading Rockstar and Punctuality categories.

Book reviews and Merits

Our most highly regarded award is the Reviewer Royalty badge. This is because we want to encourage our students to truly read, digest and fully comprehend their books. So, in this category a reward of 10 MERITS is issued for every approved book review submitted. For a review to be approved, it must clearly demonstrate that the student has read the book and formed an opinion on it, which is explained and justified in the review.

How to submit a book review

Visit the Oliver library homepage https://polesworth.oliverasp.co.uk/library/home/news

Type the name of the book you have read into the search bar on the homepage (alternatively, you can look the book up in your Loans tab)

Click on the ‘Write a review’ which is located under the photo icon of every book.

Complete all the fields in the Review template box.

When you are happy with your review and confident that you have demonstrated an understanding of the book and expressed your opinion, click ‘Save’

Your review will be submitted to the Library Coordinator for approval. If approved, the review will be published on Oliver and 10 merits will be awarded to you via ClassCharts.