I was in the library with one of my best friends. We were trying to choose one out of three books to take out. Then… It started shaking like wild. We flung ourselves to the floor. We looked up and the really long lights started swinging. We tried to run but were pushed over again […]

When the quake hit I was walking back from seeing if we had to do wet day monitoring. I was standing on the decking in front of our classes with 3 other girls. It was really scary because one of the girls screamed & we went underneath the railing to the path.  We had the classrooms […]

On Tuesday the 22nd of February at lunchtime I  was just going to get a drink from the cloakroom with Espen, then all of a sudden there was a whole lot of shaking I was just waiting for it to stop assuming it was another aftershock, but it didn’t stop, the shaking got stronger and […]

On Tuesday the 22nd of February 2011 I woke up to find that it was raining and we were in our second day of challenge week (that’s where instead of going on camp we do daring stuff) so I thought that today’s activity would be cancelled (beach education). I got to school to find that […]

Everyone laughed at Nathan and his funny movie he had made on the computer. When everyone stopped laughing we felt the rumble of the earthquake, we fell to the ground as the ground shook. Then we crawled to the closest desk and got under it, The drink bottles were falling to the floor making whacking […]

When the earthquake happened I was scared. It shook while we were at school paying on the playground. Everyone dropped and covered their heads and the teachers came out to sit us all together. Some of us cried and wanted our mummy. We got picked up early from school and found broken things and glass […]

I am in an earthquake. I like my house because it is safe. I feel sad at times and mum makes me feel better. I like my pets and brother and sister.

Emergency service rescuers crowding the town, Another shake rolling by, Rampaging devastation travels throughout the city. Teachers, parents adults assuring children safe and sound, Help is near for all family and friends, Quick continous jolts beneath our feet, Under ground movements that make us afraid, Actions of courage and extreme bravery seen, Kia kaha Canterbury…… Everyone […]

On the day of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake I was at home eating my lunch because I had an earache  and my mum had to take the day off work.’ When it struck, I was sitting on the chair eating a cup of noodles…… BAAAAAMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! The earthquake shook like I had never seen it before […]

Hi my name is Cherie and I go to Hornby Primary School. I am a student in Room 3 with Mr Scott. Mr Scott is a nice teacher, and his wife had a baby just after the earthquake.  I was at school when it happened. We were playing outside, and were just about to go into our classroom.  Some of my friends were […]

When the Earthquake struck on Tuesday 22nd February 2011 my class was having lunch inside.. I was leaning over a bin peeling my mandarin.. Some of my class had finished & had gone outside to the play area.. It felt like a huge monster shaking our school.. Everyone in the classroom scrambled under desks.. the […]

When the earthquake happened I didn’t know why everyone was running and screaming because I couldn’t feel it at first. Then I felt it. I knew it was an earthquake and when I ran to my classroom there was liquifaction all around it. It was flooding. I was a bit scared. Then we went onto […]

In the earthquake I was crying because I wanted Mummy.  Afterwards we were waiting in another classroom and the teacher let us watch a movie, there were two more earthquakes while we were in the classroom.

The ground rattles, shakes, bangs You’re suddenly scared. Things falling, crashing, breaking. You can’t stand up. Diving for your desk, hoping, praying nothings happened. You’re looking around, you’re shaking, horrified and scared You can’t speak Everythings broken, apart from you and your family. This time we are the lucky ones, it wasn’t like that last […]

Before the earthquake happened I put my lunch box away and went to wait for my friends, and then I felt the ground moving and rumbling, then I made a turtle.  The teachers came running out and came to check on the kids.  The earthquake bell rang and we went down to the court.  I […]

“Me and my friends were playing on the playground, me, Eliza, Evelyn and Lauren then the, the, the, rumbling the tumbling the crashing the bashing it was all so scary but then it stopped. We needed to go to the field so we did but on the way I started to cry. We saw big […]

On Tuesday 22nd of February 2011, the 6.3 earthquake hit.  I was very scared it was a very frightening experience at school. The teachers were comforting the school students and that made me feel safe and not scared anymore.  I am so glad my friends, teachers and family are all safe.