Shake, Shake, Shake I was outside when the 6.3 aftershock hit. My friends and I were sitting down and eating our lunches and at about 12:51 there was a small shake, well I thought it was small except it suddenly got bigger and bigger so I started running to the field. I got told to […]
One Tuesday I went outside and rode my bike, while we were setting up lots of jumps the earthquake hit. It was a 6.3. Mum was inside, we were outside. Mum told us to stay outside until it finished because the piano was rocking hard. We went inside and sat in the doorway. Then we […]
One normal Tuesday we went outside to play on our bikes and we lost our balance – I wonder why? A BIG EARTHQUAKE HIT CHRISTCHURCH!!! I was in the garage at first, a crack was beginning – it was freaky. I ran out of the garage to my sisters who were playing outside. Mum was […]
In the Earthquake I wasn’t in room 7 because it was reading rotation. I was in the library. I was sitting at my desk doing my work when the earthquake started. I was looking for my pen under the table. The teacher said stay under your desk and hold on! All the other children were […]
I was with Mrs D and my friends Jade and Holly. We ran to the field when the earthquake happened. We sat and we waited for our Mums. I looked after Cadence because she was sad. My friends Will and Lucy stayed for the week. We had no water or power. We went to Grandad […]
I was at Playcentre eating lunch at the kai table. A big earthquake shook and I could hear things rattling and see things moving around. We jumped under the table and made a turtle. Ben, Alex, Grace, Azaria, Xander, JJ and some other kids got under the table too. I wanted my mum. The power […]
It was lunchtime 22 February 2011, I had taken my lunchbox to my bag and was helping the teacher by taking the wet day signs in. I had just taken the last sign inside and stopped to have a breath when the ground started shaking and the trees started swaying. I didn’t know what was […]
On Tuesday 22 02 11 was the 6.3 Earthquake. I was eating my lunch near the classroom when it struck. I just sat up then when it didn’t stop I went down on to the ground, then I went to the court and then into the multi purpose room. I was worried as my Mum […]
When the Christchurch Earthquake hit last week I was at school. I was eating my lunch but our teacher said to eat inside. When it hit we needed to run outside. But twenty seconds later another hit once again. Luckily after that there were no more and even better my dad came a minute later. […]
I was on the bus, when I almost fell of my chair and almost gave Alyssa a broken shoulder ’cause I was being tossed around like I was in my baby sister’s toys!!! I thought the bus driver was boy racing. I saw a brick fall from a building. When we stopped, we had to […]
Seven point one earthquake The story all began way back when we came back from America. We arrived in Auckland. When we heard that there had been an earthquake in Christchurch we had to stay in Auckland for a night. That night we had a good sleep. For dinner and breakfast there were very nice […]
7 point 1 We went from LA to Auckland. We were I think going through security when this lady said that there had been an earthquake in Christchurch, and we stayed at Auckland cause the earthquake was7 point 1 and they closed the airport. For lunch I think I had pizza. I’m not sure about […]
It was a normal(ish) day at school. I was sitting in my classroom, eating my fish and chips when it struck. It started up as a rumble and I thought “Oh it’s just an aftershock,” then it turned into a roar and violent shake. Everybody dove under a desk. The lights flashed about three times […]
When the earthquake happened I was on the playground. It felt like someone shaking the whole world. I stood still then I went down the slide and the pool splashed a lot.
Lindy shouted really loudly to go under the table and I was squished in with my friends. Lots of water was flooding up from the ground on the path and there was a big volcano on the top and the water came up and dribbled down – it was exploding and it was so cool. […]
I was sitting on a deck with Hope & Sam by the water fountain when the earthquake happened. I fell of onto the concrete and hurt my arm. My friends were crying and Mrs Vosslamber told me to sit on the grass. I had to sit outside on a blue mat for a long time. It took hours for Mummy to […]
When I was playing on the big kids playground the earth shook. It was an earthquake! I feel over. I ran to the field with all the other children.I couldn’t find my friends so I sat with Jackson.I was a little bit scared and people were screaming ‘it’s the end of the world’. My Dad […]