I was at my kindy and the ground started shaking, The teacher said ‘Get Down’ We made a Turtle. when the ground stopped shaking we got up and played some more until my mummy came to pick me up and I rang straight to her and hugged her tight. I got a little hurt on […]

I was putting my lunch box away and run out to where we play to hide beneath a table. Then we went down the field into lines of boys and girls and my Daddy arrived to pick me up and put me in the car.

We were having our lunch when there was an earthquake. We jumped up but nearly fell over. It was hard to be a turtle because it was really shaky and hard to balance.  When the shaking stopped we tried to put our lunch boxes away but the teachers were running over to us and told […]

I saw pictures in the newspaper. It was sad. People died. There were fire engines, police cars and ambulances. There are collapsed buildings. I did the turtle at school. I wanted my Mummy.

On Tuesday I was at school and the place shook like jelly! I knew what had happened, it was an earthquake or maybe it was just an aftershock. I ducked down and covered under the bench I was sitting on. My lunch box jumped out of my hands and into the air. The whole school […]

I was at school playing on the playground and I felt the big earthquake, and then I had to go down off the playground.  It was really scary and I had to go out to the field with Mr MacDonald and my teacher.  I had to stay in a line and it was wet on […]

When I was at school I feeled the earthquake and our teacher came inside with room 3 because the earthquake was still shaking. I was eating my sausage and the sausage fell out of the bread. And we had to go on the field to be safe. We had to walk over to another school […]

On Tuesday there was a big earthquake at lunchtime. It was so big it knocked me over on to the concrete. I felt sad because it hurt me. Then all the school had to go onto the field. Then I found my friends and my sister and I checked that she was ok. I was […]

On Tuesday  there  was an earthquake.when the  earthquake happened   i  was at school  we were just  having  lunch. i  was  just  about to stand  in  the playground.the teachers came and told us to go out on the grass. more earthquakes happened it was scary.  my mum came to pick me up. we could not get […]

The day of the earthquake was very scary I thought I might die. The whole school tipped up and felt like it was going sideways – like a wave, and I screamed and cried, and I wanted my mum.  Everyone in the school ran out into the field and to me this is another whole […]

Oh my gosh I can`t belive what just happened. Nearly 6 months ago Christchurch had a 7.1 earthquake. Now in Christchurch we had a 6.3 earthquake but it felt like 8.9. When it hit I was putting my lunch box away and i thought all was peaceful. My teacher Miss Lythgoe grabbed me and some […]

At Amys house the earthquake made me very scared, it moved the house and it was shaking and shaking like it would break but it didn’t break.  Some of the shelf things fell down and the roof nearly fell down and we just went like turtles and then had a big big cuddle. I dont […]

When the earthquake happened I  got scared. I was at school I was playing  and I rocked around. my grandad picked me up, I was excited.

The “Shakey Shakey” came and I was in my bedroom playing with lego. Mum came and got me and we went under the table. I was scared. We went to Nana & Pop’s house and I stayed there with Nana and played with toys and Mum went to get my big brothers from school. My […]

I was at pre-school, and the earth was breaking, and we got under the table, and we cuddled, and I was brave, and I had a lolly, and that’s the end of the story.

When the earthquake happened I was very scared. Jacquie, Emma, Rachael, Chelsea and Jack were there too. We were having lunch and jumped under the table and held on to the table legs. I was ducking down when Mummy came and I popped my head up and saw her. When we came out, there was […]

I was at Wairakei School and I was eating lunch. When the earthquake happened I was still sitting down, and the Duty Teachers all said “Duck, duck, duck!”  One of my mates was at the toilet when the earthquake happened. I said “Imagine if someone was on the monkey bars when it happened!” We met […]