When the earthquake happened I was in the class. In the classroom the lights were swinging. I was in the class with Mrs Craib with my friends. I was safe because I went under the table and did a turtle. My dad was in a traffic jam. It took him a long time to come. […]

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‘My story’-Arvid, 6, Addington School

When the earthquake happened I wasn’t here and I got in a turtle and then I was safe at home. Before that I was watching TV and a little earthquake happened and we went to get Issy. I felt safe because I was with Issy and my Mum.

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When the earthquake struck the class shook. The earthquake shook everything. I was in the playground playing with the double car with some seniors and when the 5.5 earthquake hit I got under the chair. The whole playground shook. When it ended I came over to the concrete. I was really freaked when the earthquake […]

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The earthquake was wobbly. I was skipping when the earthquake happened. I fell down. Then I found Cillapri and we held hands and went in to the line. We waited for the teacher to do the roll. When my name was called out I held my hand up. I felt a little bit scared whe […]

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I was skipping when the earthquake happened. I nearly fell over. I caught myself and then I did the turtle. I lined up with Emmerson, Aleesha, Tamzin and Katy. I felt scared and I got a cuddle from Mrs Craib. When Mum came and picked me up we saw a broken pole.

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In the earthquake I was on the mat. The earthquake happened and we went under the table. Mrs Craib said drop and I did the turtle under the table. I felt safe because we were under the table. I went onto the concrete and waited for my Mum to take me hoe. We played I […]

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We were watching Suzys world and then it went off because the earthquake started. Mrs Craib started laughing because the power was off and she didn¹t notice. The lights were swinging. Kester went under the table and the chair went flying. We had to wait for Mrs Mac to say we could come out. We […]

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‘My story’-Lourelle, 6, Addington School

In the earthquake I was sad because the earthquake shook. I was at school working and my teacher said Tommy Turtle and we under the table. The lights were swinging and the ground was shaking. After we lined up at the school door and went outside to the concrete. When the earthquake shook we came […]

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I was playing on the playground when the earthquake shook. I got off the playground and went into a turtle. I lined up on the concrete and waited for the teacher to call my name. We played I spy. I was waiting for my Mum.

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On Tuesday there was an earth shattering earthquake. When the earthquake struck I was at my school, Redcliffs, having my lunch break. There was a giant booming noise. Part of the cliff collapsed behind our school and the ground was shaking like mad! My only instinct was to get out of the school. I thought […]

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Jacob, 7, Addington School

I was at school when the big earthquake happened. I was brave but other kids were scared for a long time until their mums came to pick them up. My mum did not come but my mum asked her friend to come and pick me up.

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Alex, 7, Addington School

We were at school when the earthquake hit. I was with a teacher. I had to turtle and then we had to listen to our teacher. When the first earthquake hit I was scared.

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Marketa, 7, Addington School

When the earthquake hit I was near my classroom. I was with Alex and Shiann. We all got in a turtle and a teacher came and told us to go the court. Ms Heath came running in a builder’s hat. Mums and Dads came for their children. Some had to wait for a long time. […]

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Georgia, 7, Addington School

On Monday I was at room 5 with Cassie and the ground started to shake. Me and Cassie ran to the court. The teacher said ‘are you ok Georgia and Cassie?’ I said ‘we are ok’ then my mum picked me up from school with Maddison. We were playing Duck, Duck, Goose. When I got […]

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Terina, 7, Addington School

When the big earthquake hit I felt scared but I didn’t cry. I cared for people in room 1 when they cried. Lucky I was in the classroom but then I had to go onto the field. It was a little bit scary. We had two days off school. I was feeling scared because my […]

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Sophie, 7, Addington School

I was scared and crying too much but Miss Barr hugged me. She grabbed  me and we did the turtle when the earthquake happened.

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Jackson, 7, Addington School

I was playing skipping when the earthquake happened. Everyone was scared.

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