On the day of the earthquake I was sitting and having lunch with Marita, Paris and Emily. The ground started shaking. I tried to stand up but fell down. I ran to the field and sat down on Mrs Vosslambers knee. I was very scared and I cried. my dad came and picked me up […]

I was at my desk when the earthquake hit. My friends and I weren’t scared but lots of people were screaming and after it had finished some children got really upset and had to be taken home early. The next day I went round to my grandma’s house to help clean up. On the road […]

I was sitting at my desk when the earthquake happened. I knew it was a big one but I wasn’t scared. Some kids were screaming and crying. Our school was okay and our house was okay. We went to my Grandma’s to shovel some silt because it was messy where she lives and there were big bumps in […]

I was busy eating my delicious peanut butter sandwich. Then the ground started to  shake, it was freaky in one way and scary in another. I dived under my friends desk, by the way, my friend is called Sam. It shook and I cried for Mum. We raced to the field where the whole school […]

I was playing on the cricket pitch and the ground started shaking. I did the turtle and Mrs Turner came and got us and we sat on the field. We waited in the hall until my Mum came and got me. We didn’t have any power and Grandad came to our house to check if […]

When the Earthquake happened I was in the library and two computers fell down. I went out of the library to the field and Ms Olaughlan came and we had to sit on the field. Then we went into the hall and I waited for my Mum to come and get me. When I got […]

When the 6.3 earth quake hit five of us were in the class. My teacher was training people how to swim. I was one of the five people in the class. There was no teacher in the class. It was quite scary in the class when the 6.3 happened. We went under our desks and […]

I was on the field and talking when the ground started shaking and then I just got to the ground with my hands on my head. I was happy but scared then the teacher put us into class groups. Then we prayed. Scottie came and picked me up i ran up and gave him a big hug. […]

I was in the library when the earthquake came and the books did not fall on me. all the teachers ran out and left the kids in there. Then we ran out of the library and sat on the field. Then another big one came and then I started to cry. We all prayed and […]

On tuesday  I was sitting outside eating my lunch with Olivia and Paris when the ground started shaking it was very big and I was very Scared. I tried to stand up but fell on Olivia. The teachers came and told us to go on to the field by the monkey bars. I was squatting on […]

I was in the big field when the earthquake went and I got scared and water started coming under my feet.  I ran to my class.  My teacher ran back to my class and said “is everybody OK?”.  She knew the people crying was not OK.  Then we went to the field and then my teacher […]

I felt very scared I was at school and I was having my lunch then our big 6.3 earthquake happened, we all went into a turtle. We were all sitting outside in the cold then we thought we should line up and go to the multi-purpose room. Then we all sung songs until our Mum or […]

My and my friends Josh, Travis and Todd trying to get the cricket wickets off the kids who were playing Ninjas outside my classroom, Room 17. When the earthquake happened I felt dizzy and people were trying to get into the classroom, but we had stop at the steps because they were shaking too much […]

I was In The city at school in the earthquake. it was scary. My school evacuated into the Botanical Gardens. I waited behind the fountain with my friend’s Mummy Karyn. She looked after me until my Dad came. When my Dad came, I ran out and cuddled him and burst into tears. When we were […]

When the Earthquake started I was having lunch with my 2 friends in the classroom. My friends where scared but I liked it. We all got under the table, then our teacher came in with room 10 and we all went outside and gathered on the field. Mum turned up to take me home but […]

When I was in the classroom with all my friends we heard the Earthquake and we went out to the field. I was really scared but my teacher made me feel better. Mummy came to take me home. I was happy to see Mum.

When the Earthquake happened I was at school.I was a little bit scared because it made the room shake. We all went under the tables. The bigs kids who were with us shouted “Go under the tables”. We all went under the tables then, my teacher came. My teacher said “BREATHE IN and OUT 3 times”. […]