Plimmerton School Children Send Goodies

Today three big boxes arrived at Burnham School. Inside the boxes were lots of cards and letters; even some toys and lots of baking. We were so surprised! We said, "Yay". The baking was delicious and beau .... while we were writing this there was another aftershock. We had to stop writing and get under our tables. Our hearts started beating faster. Ms Keenan thinks we are so brave and were so quick to get under our tables. She is very proud of her stunning kids....tiful. Thank you so much Plimmerton School, you put a smile on our faces. Thanks for that!

Tips from Room 3

If you ever have an earthquake you need to drop, cover and hold.

We think it is a good idea to have a torch beside your bed.

It is important to have lots of food in your pantry. Our supermarket was a mess. It took two day to clean it up!

Put shoes on before you start moving around to check out the house after an earthquake, because it is easy to stand on broken glass.

After

Captions for our Drawings - Earthquake

This is my house and I just wanted Ms Keenan to know what happened. I hope the school is safe. I know what to do if an earthquake happens at school.

Michael

Me and my brothers’ colouring table fell down and broke. Our TV fell down and my computer fell down.

Haden

My house wobbled in the earthquake, two things broke. Jade’s photo and one of Mum’s favourite things broke. We stayed at Lisa’s house for a sleep-over. Heaps of things fell down in her house.

Te Ao

In the city the broken buildings are being taken down. The diggers took down the building. It is sad but new buildings will be built there.

Raikyn

My Mum tidied up all the things the earthquake. It took her a long time. Lots of things fell down.

Charkaiya

Everything fell out of the pantry. Some things fell out of the fridge when the door came open. Puppy was so scared she had lots of accidents. Our TV fell and is broken.

Norton

This is our family’s cabinet; it has all our special things in it. They fell off. Some things broke.

Zoe

My glass candle broke. I was in bed when the earthquake happened. The TV almost fell down. Mummy and daddy cuddled me. I slept with them until I got use to all the earthquakes. I am brave now. It is fun, like a big roller coaster.

Yesterday dad shook the table, we thought it was an earthquake. We all laughed.

Jasmine

When the earthquake happened my window broke. There was glass everywhere.

Nasi

When the earthquake was on my playstation fell on the floor. My transformer fell on the floor and my gorilla fell on the floor too.

James

Some glass fell on the floor and smashed all over the kitchen. It was very scary when the earthquake happened. I’m pretty lucky because nothing much got broken.

Sam

Our sleep out bent, the roof looks like a slide now. We had lots of stuff broken in the earthquakes. The tiles are cracked outside.

Jamie

My roof has got a crack and there is a crack on the ground.

Jacob

Circle Time - Earthquake Stories

When the earthquake happened we got in the hallway. I asked my mum what it was she said it was an earthquake. We went in the hallway with blankets. Charlie

I threw my teddy up in the roof, when the ground shivered it fell down.

Jacob

When the earthquake was on some little sand volcanoes came out of the ground.

My mum said that there was nearly a sound volcano in my house. So we went to my friend Maria’s house. Her house didn’t shake lots, because it was a wood house with concrete.

James

At the school one of the windows is still broken. We went for a drive and we saw a hole that was big enough to put an ambulance in it. We went to a petrol station and the whole ground was lifted up. I have brought fluffy to school to look after me. Jasmine

The ground shakes side to side the two giant plates slip, it goes back down and make the ground shake. We went to Blenheim for two nights to get some sleep and have a rest.

Jamie

Our silo tipped over, there is heaps of grain on the silo. We need to get two more silos. Mine and Sophies wall has moved outside and we one big crack.

Ben

I am going to my Nana’s on the plane. I know what to do in the plane if there is an earthquake, do nothing. Because only the earth moves. You can’t feel it in the air. The plane would wobbly if we were on the ground.

Nikau

My cousin was crying up in Gisborne, they were worried about us. They thought we were hurt. Norton

Only one thing broke in my house. Just a glass candle holder.

Sam

My dog was shaking and my mum looked after my dog, she was under the table. Zoe

My big brother Nasi Manu scored a try for Canterbury hours before the earthquake and then he got injured.

Nasi (Junior)

When the crack happened my dad was crawling down the hallway and calling me and then Dad threw me to mum and my sister was walking around in her room and couldn’t find the doorway. All the food fell out of the pantry.

Raikyn

When the earthquake happened a chair was knocked down and we had to get out from under the table

Michael

Jasmine