‘Kids were crying’-Marshall, 6, Halswell School
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 monster just shook & shook.. I heard girls & boys screaming.. I heard one boy say this is fun.. drink bottles were falling.. kids were crying.. My teacher was telling us to carm down & that we will be ok.. When the monster stopped shaking we moved to the School field with our teacher & other classes.. there was lots of water in big puddles around.. lot’s of kids were crying all huddled in the dry areas.. I waited & waited.. then I saw my Nana running across the field with “Angel” her dog.. Nana ran thru all the water to me & when she cuddled me the monster was gone.. We had to walk thru the yukky wet puddles of sand to get home.. My Nana said I was very brave.. I was
Hi Marshall
Thanks for your piece of writing on here, well done for writing it so well.
It would have been a terrifying time for you and your classmates, I am so pleased you were able to get under the desks.
It sounds as though all the drink bottles falling everywhere would have made a right mess.
Good to get to the field and be looked after by your teachers.
And what a wait you had, when you saw your Nana you would have felt very happy and she would have been so pleased to see you as well, I can imagine her face when she saw you!
And you know that Nana’s are very wise so when she said you were brave, well that means she is right!
Take care dear Marshall.
From Ella in Auckland.