When the 6.3 earth quake hit five of us were in the class. My teacher was training people how to swim. I was one of the five people in the class. There was no teacher in the class. It was quite scary in the class when the 6.3 happened. We went under our desks and […]

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I was on the field and talking when the ground started shaking and then I just got to the ground with my hands on my head. I was happy but scared then the teacher put us into class groups. Then we prayed. Scottie came and picked me up i ran up and gave him a big hug. […]

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I was in the library when the earthquake came and the books did not fall on me. all the teachers ran out and left the kids in there. Then we ran out of the library and sat on the field. Then another big one came and then I started to cry. We all prayed and […]

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On tuesday  I was sitting outside eating my lunch with Olivia and Paris when the ground started shaking it was very big and I was very Scared. I tried to stand up but fell on Olivia. The teachers came and told us to go on to the field by the monkey bars. I was squatting on […]

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“Is everybody OK?”-James, 6

I was in the big field when the earthquake went and I got scared and water started coming under my feet.  I ran to my class.  My teacher ran back to my class and said “is everybody OK?”.  She knew the people crying was not OK.  Then we went to the field and then my teacher […]

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I felt very scared I was at school and I was having my lunch then our big 6.3 earthquake happened, we all went into a turtle. We were all sitting outside in the cold then we thought we should line up and go to the multi-purpose room. Then we all sung songs until our Mum or […]

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My and my friends Josh, Travis and Todd trying to get the cricket wickets off the kids who were playing Ninjas outside my classroom, Room 17. When the earthquake happened I felt dizzy and people were trying to get into the classroom, but we had stop at the steps because they were shaking too much […]

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‘Earthquake story’-Lucy, 5, Discovery 1 School

I was In The city at school in the earthquake. it was scary. My school evacuated into the Botanical Gardens. I waited behind the fountain with my friend’s Mummy Karyn. She looked after me until my Dad came. When my Dad came, I ran out and cuddled him and burst into tears. When we were […]

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‘My story’-Kendall, 6, Halswell School

When the Earthquake started I was having lunch with my 2 friends in the classroom. My friends where scared but I liked it. We all got under the table, then our teacher came in with room 10 and we all went outside and gathered on the field. Mum turned up to take me home but […]

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‘My story’-Fraser, 5, Halswell School

When I was in the classroom with all my friends we heard the Earthquake and we went out to the field. I was really scared but my teacher made me feel better. Mummy came to take me home. I was happy to see Mum.

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When the Earthquake happened I was at school.I was a little bit scared because it made the room shake. We all went under the tables. The bigs kids who were with us shouted “Go under the tables”. We all went under the tables then, my teacher came. My teacher said “BREATHE IN and OUT 3 times”. […]

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When the earthquake happened I was walking to the backfield.  When it hit I ran to the netball hoop with my friends Joel and Kynan.  There was a crack right beside me and my brother’s teacher fell on him. We were all waiting for one of our family members to come and a person was jumping on […]

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‘My Story’-Jake, 6, Halswell school

When the 6.3 earthquake happened we got under the tables. We lined up outside and Mrs O Callahan led us to safety. When I got to the field I got scared because water was coming out of the ground.  I felt better when I saw that the water was not going to rise above the […]

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I was in the hall also doing kapahaka when the earthquake struck. I felt brave and knew what to do after what happened in Sept. My Nonni picked me up and when we got home we saw mummy, she grabbed us and held us and cried. I was sad. We sat by the door incase […]

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The earthquake was like a big punch in the back. My heart was beating faster than we could run to a safe place. All I could hear was the sound of everyone around me screaming.. I looked all around me and saw the lights falling down. The fish tank beside me burst open and there […]

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‘I was scared’-Harry, 7, Halswell School

When the earthquake struck I didn’t know what it was until it started shaking really hard then I knew what it was. I was scared, there was heaps of liquefaction when the 5.6 struck. We were on the big field we were all cuddling together.

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I was watching my friend Callum on top of a rubbish bin, I was on the stairs by room 15, then I felt the ground shacking, I got off the stairs and did the turtle by a crack that had been filled in from the September quake, the crack was opening up a little and […]

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