When the earthquake hit I was running to put my lunch box away then suddnly the grounds started shaking. I fell into a bush. I was freaked out. then I was actually thinking about my family and pets and relised I had pet guiniepigs and knew they were only nearly 1. I WAS WORRIED!!! then on […]
Hi my name is Corben and I’m ten and a half years old. I was in the lounge when it hit I was home sick in a couch bed eating lunch. suddenly everything was shaking I flung off my blanket and I raced to the nearest doorway. it went forever my dad was at home short […]
I was at Jelly Park then left and got to the school car park walking to class then the earthquake started and only 4 people were not crying and one was me that did not cry and I told every one that cried that it was ok and they didn’t listen then we were in […]
I hated the 6.3 earthquake! It was scarier than the 7.1 in September. I really hope we don’t get any more extremely strong aftershocks. This is my story of what happened to me in the earthquake. On Tuesday the 22nd of February I was in the classroom with my friends Ashleigh and Hannah eating our […]
On Tuesday the 22nd of February there was a 6.3 earthquake. I was on the playground when it happened. It felt like thunder under the ground. When it hit the whole school went in a turtle. I was worried about Nicholas. When it had finished I was running around the tennis court looking for Grace […]
When we were playing in the playground a strong aftershock just got bigger and bigger and bigger. And then nearly all the school went like turtles. It was quite scary but I didn’t cry. Some of my friends did. We went into the multipurpose room and did some jump jam and then watched the Magic […]
Residential buildings – ripped. Roads and fields – ruined. Historical structures – demolished. People – homeless and scared. Such were the cruel antics of the 2010 earthquake, in Christchurch New Zealand. We received no previous warnings regarding the 7.1 magnitude quake – and as a result, everyone was unprepared. This devastating earthquake will not be […]
It was just a normal day and I was eating lunch with Sarah. Suddenly the room started shaking; I panicked and dived under my desk leaving Sarah to have to dive under the desk next to me. The shaking was so violent and went on for what felt like hours. I held onto my desk […]
While we were at school there was an earthquake. An enormous one. It happened while my sister and me were showing the duty teacher our lunch boxes. Then bang it happened. I ran to the field, I was really scared . When I saw my mum I felt safer. After we hopped in the car […]
On Tuesday the 22nd of February an Earthquake struck! I had just finished eating lunch and was in the classroom putting my lunchbox away .When suddenly I felt an earthquake it was huge! I was trying to get under a table but I fell over from all the shaking .I had tried to get up […]
On Tuesday the 22nd February 2011 I was having lunch at 12.30pm. After that I put my lunch box way and went with my friends to the back of the classroom. All of a sudden the ground started to shake. I yelled “run out to the field” to my friends. I ran out to the […]
Lots of kids fell over and hurt themselves. I was running near the senior playground and I saw a kid on the monkey bars and he fell off. I was near Room 11 and all my friends fell over. Then we went to the field and my Mum came and took me home.
On Tuesday 22 nd February there was a earthquake it was a 6.3 most people were crying on the second one some were crying on the first one. Some parents came to see there kinds. Zoe was crying I was not crying dad was on his way to get us but got stuck in traffic […]
I felt scared but my friend Lucy was with me. I didn’t like the aftershock and we made our way to the back field and mummy came to get me.
I was playing in the sandpit when the earthquake hit. I ran my fastest onto the court and I did my turtle. After the earthquake we had to line up and the teachers had to count us. We went to the multi-purpose room and the teachers gave us food and we did jump jam and we watched […]
When it was the 6.3 earthquake I was waiting with Lorenzo outside the library. Suddenly the earth shook. We ran to the court and did a turtle. When it was finished we lined up in our classes. Then another 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit. We went into the turtle again. Lots of the kids were scared. […]
On Tuesday we went swimming at kings swim school. when we were on the bus going back to school the earthquake happened. The bus driver told miss pattson to tell the kids to be silent so that the bus driver can hear the calls coming from the earthquake people.Then miss pattson told us we had an earthqauke but we […]