I just arrived into class when bang it hit i scrambled under my desk and waited for it to stop.Then we all ran outside then our princeabal told us to go back inside so we did everyone was crying and we sat on our mat and talked and then boom another one hit and we […]

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I was enjoying my lunch when the earthquake struck. We covered our heads and curled up like a ball. Lots of the children were scared and started crying. The earthquake was a sideways one.  The earthquake in September was a diagonal one.  We all went to the big field and sat down in our class […]

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When the Earthquake hit I was at Sumner School my friends was crying I was too. I saw rocks falling and dust. My teachers come out with the roll to see if we was here we all were. My dad came down to pick me up, some parents didn’t come so them kids went to […]

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‘My story’-Xanthe, 7, Halswell School

When the earthquake happened I was inside the classroom. Then we went running outside and huddled round Mr Jack. Mrs Woolford came running to the classroom and we had to run to the field. Then Millie’s mum came to hug us. We waited a bit then my dad came to pick me up. My dad […]

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It was lunchtime we ate our lunch and went off to play. Suddenly ahhh the earthquake started. We ran onto the field. All the Mums and Dads started arriving. Lots of people were crying. We left with Jane Ellas Mum. The house was broken. We went to Ellas house to play. Inside there was milk […]

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‘My story’-Yasmin, 7, Russley School

It was lunch time and I was playing on the play ground with my friend Alisha when the big earthquake happened. It was so scary I thought my mum wasn’t coming, but in an emergency like the earthquake, Mum or Dad would come to help me. I felt so scared I cried a little when I saw my […]

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There was an earthquake and I was watching TV. The TV fell down and then Mummy came and picked me up. We standed in the doorway. Lots of things fell down and broke. I felt scared. We standed in the playroom doorway while the shaking stopped. I thought that it was a big aftershock but […]

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Shake, Shake, Shake I was outside when the 6.3 aftershock hit. My friends and I were sitting down and eating our lunches and at about 12:51 there was a small shake, well I thought it was small except it suddenly got bigger and bigger so I started running to the field. I got told to […]

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‘My story’-Sophie, 7, Home school

One Tuesday I went outside and rode my bike, while we were setting up lots of jumps the earthquake hit. It was a 6.3. Mum was inside, we were outside. Mum told us to stay outside until it finished because the piano was rocking hard. We went inside and sat in the doorway. Then we […]

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‘Earthquake’-Josh, 9, Home school

One normal Tuesday we went outside to play on our bikes and we lost our balance – I wonder why? A BIG EARTHQUAKE HIT CHRISTCHURCH!!! I was in the garage at first, a crack was beginning – it was freaky. I ran out of the garage to my sisters who were playing outside. Mum was […]

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In the Earthquake I wasn’t in room 7 because it was reading rotation. I was in the library. I was sitting at my desk doing my work when the earthquake started. I was looking for my pen under the table. The teacher said stay under your desk and hold on! All the other children were […]

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‘My story’-Emily, 6, Windsor school

I was with Mrs D and my friends Jade and Holly. We ran to the field when the earthquake happened. We sat and we waited for our Mums. I looked after Cadence because she was sad. My friends Will and Lucy stayed for the week. We had no water or power. We went to Grandad […]

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I was at Playcentre eating lunch at the kai table.  A big earthquake shook and I could hear things rattling and see things moving around. We jumped under the table and made a turtle.  Ben, Alex, Grace, Azaria, Xander, JJ and some other kids got under the table too. I wanted my mum.  The power […]

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It was lunchtime 22 February 2011, I had taken my lunchbox to my bag and was helping the teacher by taking the wet day signs  in. I had just taken the last sign inside and stopped to have a breath when the ground started  shaking and the trees started swaying. I didn’t know what was […]

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‘My story’-Rosie, 8, Harewood School

On Tuesday 22 02 11 was the 6.3 Earthquake. I was eating my lunch near the classroom when it struck. I just sat up then when it didn’t stop I went down on to the ground, then I went to the court and then into the multi purpose room. I was worried as my Mum […]

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When the Christchurch Earthquake hit last week I was at school.  I was eating my lunch but our teacher said to eat inside.  When it hit we needed to run outside.  But twenty seconds later another hit once again. Luckily after that there were no more and even better my dad came a minute later. […]

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I was on the bus, when I almost fell of my chair and almost gave Alyssa a broken shoulder ’cause I was being tossed around like I was in my baby sister’s toys!!! I thought the bus driver was boy racing. I saw a brick fall from a building. When we stopped, we had to […]

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