I was at the local swimming pool with my class when the earthquake struck. First the lights went out then there was shaking and waves that splashed my face, I wondered what it was. Our swimming instructor told us to stay in the pool in a huddle until the earthquake stopped. Then we ran out […]

I was in the PE shed with my mates when a huge jolt hit our school. Kids were screaming, crying, scared. I was scared then parents started arriving I was wondering what was going on it was just a aftershock .Than another huge jolt came that was no aftershock more parents started arriving more people […]

Screaming. Terror. People dying. People crying. Running to safety. With the ground shaking I ran to the field with my friends. Teachers sprinting to help the juniors that were terrified. Parents were coming from all parts of the school to see their kids. My heart goes out to all the Christchurch earthquake victims that lost […]

Me and my friends were walking around the school all of a sudden we felt like we were surfing along the ground only it wasn’t fun it was terrifying! We thought it was only a little aftershock but it got bigger and we realised it was a earthquake. To this day my heart goes to […]

We were playing cricket then the earthquake happened it felt like some one picked the school up and dropped it a lots of times. We went to the new building and watch a movie until my mum came.

It was lunch time and I was playing cricket when the quake hit. I looked up in horror to see the classroom shaking it was crazy, me and my friends we’re shocked I thought it was September all over again.

I was at home when this happened i was doing my homework then it struck it was pretty shaky. I dived under the table stayed there for a while because it went for a while it was really loud because I was near windows I was a bit worried about Michael because Boys high was […]

I was playing cricket on the court with my friends then suddenly the ground started moving and a rumbling sound emerged and people started running onto the field scared and worried, people screaming doors slammed, windows rattled, even the teachers looked frightened. Once it stopped, me and my friends returned to the court and continued […]

Imagine being in a small shed with sports items around you and then suddenly it was shaking and the noise sounded like the shed was going to fall down on me and my friends. I was so scared I thought my Mum was hurt and I did not know where Dad was. At school it […]

On Tuesday the 22/2/11 just before 1:00pm a big 6.3 earthquake hit. I was in the p.e shed with 2 other friends ,I was scared. When I went outside I saw heaps of parents coming to pick up their kids. When it started to rain the teachers told everyone to go into the auditorium. In […]

We were playing Cricket on a cloudy day on a Tuesday afternoon then a 6.3 earthquake hit LytTELton we all stood still as statues then all the teachers came out of the buildings we went out to the middle of the field then it started to rain on us we ran to our new building […]

Bang! I was up a tree when the earthquake happened.My friend Jess in Room 12 helped me to get up the tree, but once I got my feet on it, it started to shake. One of my friends reminded me that it was my birthday and she told me that the earthquake was saying Happy […]

First me , cole and josiah were waiting near our classmates waiting to go to technology classes.i was eating pistachios and then we felt a foreshock.it was like a big thud. then another thud.after that there was a massive earthquake.i was choking on a pistachio nut and thinking,this is the eight.its an eight point 9! […]

On a rolly, quaky Tuesday at twelve o’clock lunchtime when I was still eating my lunch … the city was rolling and quaking. I ran onto the field like everyone else. But someone was having a good in Australia, my cousin Max. I felt really, really safe when mum came to pick me up.

I was really scared in the Earthquake. I was at school eating lunch outside by the playground and i was just about to put my lunch box away but then the ground started shaking. When the ground was shaking all we could see was dust on the cliffs. I started running onto the field because […]

I was at school and showing the duty teacher my lunch box when arrrgh an aftershock happenend.  Then everybody ran straight onto the field.  My babysitter lived across the road and she came before my mum.  When my mum showed up I felt much better.  Then we went up on a hill.  My neighbours children […]

I was in the library at lunchtime, and I was trading stickers first I thought that I was alright, but then I heard a big crash boom bang and then there was a little shake and then that little shake turned into a big shake. Then I ran under the closest table and got under […]