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 […]

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. […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.