Acre Hall Students become Published Authors!

This week marked a wonderful celebration of creativity and achievement at Acre Hall, as our Key Stage 2 pupils reached a very special milestone in their writing journeys.

We were delighted to welcome back local author Mr Pieriono Gattei—known to our students as Mr Pev – founder of Sunlight Books. Earlier this year, Mr Pev set our pupils an exciting challenge: to write and edit their very own short stories, with the aim of having them published in a real book!

Mr Pev, who writes both children’s and adult literature, worked closely with the students, helping them to refine, edit and elevate their stories through workshops and personalised feedback. Thanks to their hard work and Mr Pev’s support, we are incredibly proud to announce that 32 of our students’ stories have now been professionally published – a huge increase from last year’s total of 20! We can’t wait to see what next year’s young authors will create – we are aiming for even more published stories in 2026!

To celebrate, we held a special publishing assembly today, where every student who took part received their own copy of the published book to take home and treasure. Our top three writers were also awarded special vouchers, generously provided by Mr Pev. A heartfelt thank you for this thoughtful gesture.

🏆 Congratulations to Our Top Three Writers!

🥇 1st Place – Despoina, The All-Season Blossom Tree
🥈 2nd Place – Duaa-Ilma, The Call of the Deep
🥉 3rd Place – Hira, The Little Star’s Wish

Featured Stories by Other Talented Writers:

• The Big Blue Whale – Harleigh
• Anna the Adventurer – Nancy Lou
• Jack and Grandma – Jaxon
• LXA-38 – Lucas
• Nikki’s First Day – Avayah
• Little Fox – Alissa
• The Half Tree – Daniel
• Dave’s Big Decision – Ethan
• Captain Marrow and the Missing Treasure – Eli
• Zoe – Lydia
• Clara’s Goal – Robyn
• Jess and the Disappearing Pencil – Ranya
• Mount Cloud Breaker – Kieran
• The Gate of the Hidden Forest – Naia Mae
• Lucid Hope – Koby
• Jamie and the Day the World Changed – Jamie
• Arthur, the Fairy and a Pig in a Wig – Jayden
• Jake and the Glitched Portal – Willow
• Frankie’s Perfect Day – Frankie
• Lily’s Car Wash – Mohammed-Ahmed
• Sophie’s Fall – Raven
• The Planet Who Disappeared – Grace
• Super Tinker’s Great Escape – Poppy
• David and the Vanishing Ideas – Alec
• Johnny’s Disconnected Summer – Charlie
• A Friend Through Time – Emma
• Carson and the Camera Plan – Isabel
• Sarah and Bunny – Penelope
• Kevin and the Missing Mummy – Noah

We are truly inspired by the creativity, imagination, and effort shown by all our young writers.

We would like to express our sincere thanks once again to Mr Pev and his son for their hands-on involvement, encouragement, and ongoing financial support in helping us nurture a love of reading and writing at Acre Hall. Their dedication is helping to build a lasting culture of literacy within our school community.

Well done, writers – your words have made it into print, and your voices truly matter.