Tomorrow is the one of the saddest days of our life’s but also a Milestone of moving on a new start to new and better chch

Scrack scrack, scrack scrack, scrack scrack … the noise in my ears.  Thirty pairs of sprigs marching with purpose, the sound echoing down the darkened tunnel.  I close my eyes for a fraction of a second as my own feet carry me forward, and in my head I see the glare of light ahead of […]

In the dirt are cracks ingrounded Where the earthquake once has pounded The place where all the buildings lie As smoke swirls up into the sky And from the shattered homes comes smoke Enough to make us cough and choke Even though the families weep At losses that are so deep They’re held together by […]

It started with a wobbly earthquake. It was the first earthquake I have ever felt. It wobbled and jiggled and shook my hands. I felt I was in a deep dark moving cave. I thought it was a dream so I closed my eyes and opened them again, but it wasn’t a dream! It was […]

When the earthquake happened, I was really scared. And we all got under the table to keep safe. All the things rushed out of the cupboard, all the containers. Some things broke and smashed and lots of food spilled out. The tv fell over and we had to use a computer for our tv for […]

In the February earthquake I was at school and was sitting next to my friends Maria and Ruth on the mat and then the earthquake came. My friend Maria put her hands over her head and I wasn’t sure what to do but I was really scared. Then my teacher told us to go under […]

I feel sad when earthquakes hit the ground. I was scared. And everyone was screaming and everyone was crying. When the earthquake happened I was with my friends on the monkey bars. When we was kicking the ball it shook the whole ground. Do you want to know my friends’ names? Their names are Kody, […]

To all the people out there who did not experience the Christchurch earth quakes, I will try my best to try and make you feel like you were actually there. By Grace Munro The time the earthquake hit, this is what happened, and this is my story. I was with my great uncle Michael from […]

When the earthquake hit I was in the playground and I couldn’t stand up. I went down like a turtle. When I saw Marshall I went to tell a teacher he got hurt. We lined up I and I felt safe with my class. After a long time we got cold so we went inside. […]

When the earthquake hit I was playing outside and we were all safe because we were in our turtles. We did the roll and we waited the teacher to tell us if we were allowed in the class. When we were back inside there was a really big earthquake and we weren¹t allowed to stop […]

I was on the playground and everything was shaking on top of the monkey bars. I was shaking and everyone was shaking. I got down and I sat down under the seats. I got up and came to the teachers. I hugged the teachers. Then I was moving really fast to get safe. Then I […]

I dropped down under the table. I felt OK because I was safe. Then I went outside and I waited for my Mum and my sister. I went home.

In the earthquake I was skipping with the duty teacher. I felt the earthquake and ran to the yellow line. Then Mrs Craib came to the class. I was safe in the earthquake because the duty teacher was there and I knew what to do. Mum came to pick me up. She was crying because […]

In the earthquake I was playing. I turned into a turtle in the earthquake and we were safe when it happened. Some buildings were broken. Lights were wobbling but we were still safe. Mrs Craib did the roll and we were all here. Some people were brave. We had to sit on the yellow line. […]

I was in the school playing when the earthquake came. Then I went with everyone to the concrete. Then we played I spy. My Dad came and picked us up.

In the earthquake I was skipping. The earth was shaking when the earthquake struck. Room 4 was safe and I felt happy. I got into a turtle to be safe. We lined up with my classroom. I got a fright when the earthquake hit. Mr Leslie got into a turtle to be safe. The school […]

In the earthquake we all got into turtles and this is how the story begins. Earthquake. The ground is shaking. We get into a turtle. Everybody in the classroom was holding onto a desk. When we went outside and Mrs Craib called the roll. I said here. Then my dad got here and I went […]