On Saturday morning when the earthquake came about we leapt out of our beds.  It was still dark and gloomy.  The earthquake was splitting our stuff apart.  In the morning it was still going.  We had to pack our clothes at night-time.  When we felt the earthquake we felt very worried.  We are going to […]

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On Saturday morning September 4 I woke to shaking all around me. I heard a glass smash beside me and I could hear the rattling of the windows. I was half asleep and I didn’t know what was happening so I thought that it was a big storm. Then I heard Jeanne scream “Ahhhhhh” in […]

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‘1,2,3, Earthquake’- Laura, 8, Weedons School

On Saturday morning we had a humongous earthquake. When the earthquake struck at 4.35am it was a 7.1 earthquake. I was so frightened. We have had 489 earthquakes through the years. Wow. In the Haiti earthquake 200,000 people died, their earthquake was the same as ours, we are so lucky. My cousins’ school had an […]

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On Saturday there was an earthquake in Christchurch. The earthquake happened at 4.35am in the morning. There was a boy in the bedroom and he got stuck and fell down out of the house. There was a girl that had a baby when the earthquake happened. In my room my floor is like this . […]

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‘The Earthquake’- Yasmin, 9, Clarkville School

On Saturday morning the 4th of September at 4.35 an earthquake shook Christchurch violently. It was marked 7.1 on the Richter Scale. I wasn’t at home, I was at my friends house, and that made it even more scary! We were in the lounge and I tried to calm my friend down by telling her […]

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‘BOOM!’- Tayler, 10, St Patrick’s School

I was dreaming a good dream when suddenly my bed started shaking then my house started shaking. I ran into my nana and pops room the lights were flickering on and off. I ACCIDENTALLY ran into the chimney. We heard a bang we thought the water cylinder was falling of the roof we were lucky that […]

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Crack! Crack! Crack! “Dad! Stop shaking my bed”, I said. But it wasn’t dad shaking it, it was an earthquake. I jumped out of bed and got under the doorway. “Get out of bed!” my dad was yelling while running up the stairs. After the earthquake me, my brother and my sister ran downstairs. “There’s […]

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Bang! Smash! “What’s happening?” I yelled out. “Get under the bed and turn the lights on” As soon as we turned one light on the power went out. I was confused as I didn’t know what was happening. Then our house shook even more because our big block wall fell down. It sounded like a […]

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I hear glass breaking. I smell fire in my room. I touch glass on my feet, it cuts my feet, I taste sweat, I feel sad. My home is going to be demolished because it has cracks in it. This is my house.

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In my opinion earthquakes could break anything. I think that earthquakes break anything because they move. Another good point is earthquakes shake things. Some people think earthquakes break anything because they rub together. I think eathquakes break anything because the plates underground move.

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Acrostic Poem- Ryan, 8, Freeville School

Earth gets hit bad After shocks are very little Roughly attack is super strong Tight is shaky but also breaks Hits down very hard Quake is what makes the shake Unexpected earthquakes surprised Attacks everyone hurts glass Kit with lots of medical things Earhquake very long than 10 seconds

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Acrostic Poem- Olivia, 8, Freeville School

Everything shaking Amazing awesome cracks Real earthquake not in my dreams Terrific my bed is tipping Horrid shaking everywhere through town Quake plates moving Under table Aftershock aftershakes Kit civil defence Earthquake

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‘Surviving Disaster’- Lucy, 9, Weedons School

On Friday there was a humongous earthquake. It was amazing. Suddenly there was a big bang. It was wobbly and ferocious. Finally it was over. Occasionally there is a big rumble and a grumble. The earthquake was 7.1. First they said 7.4. We were allowed to flush the toilet because we have our own sewage […]

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This frightening disaster happened at 4.35am on a Saturday morning. I woke up with a fright, and I peered through the blind. I said, “Turn on the lights.” I seriously thought that I was in a nightmare! So I screamed really loudly for Mum. Then everybody came to the fire and it was only glowing […]

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‘Humongous Earthquake’- Petra, 8, Weedons School

On Saturday morning at four thirty five am we all woke up to a humongous earthquake. All I could hear was smashing glass. It was annoying bouncing with an empty stomach. Then it stopped so my Dad got up and mum then Ethan then me then Seth and Ezra couldn’t get out of their room […]

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‘The Frightening Morning’- Sam, 7, Weedons School

On Saturday at 4.35 an earthquake struck Canterbury. During the quake, Mum’s favourite china set smashed. Luckily our chimney did not fall over. Yay. Our house didn’t get torn apart our house is fine. I felt scared because it was my first earthquake. The house was rumbling and grumbling ferociously smashing. After the quake looters […]

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‘Scary Movement’- Maria, 7, Weedons School

On Saturday at 4.35am in the morning an earthquake came. My mum jumped out of bed and went to grab Charlie. He was bouncing around sleeping. Finally mum got him out. I was yelling out “Dad Dad” he came and jumped on my bed, and my dresser came down and landed on my dad’s back […]

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