by Sally Morch, MEd, Teacher, Greytown Primary School, Greytown,
Wairarapa, New Zealand and Carmen Aldridge, Teacher,
Christchurch East School, Christchurch, New Zealand Once upon a
time, a long time ago, in a land far, far away, the ground shook
in a way not heard of before. Oh no! Not so long ago and not so
far away, in fact the ground shook in a way that had often been
heard of before. In February 2011 the earthquake that shook
Christchurch, New Zealand, was of a magnitude significantly less
than that which had shaken the previous September but it caused
considerably more damage. In fact the 6.5 earthquake that hit
Christchurch at 1:00 p.m. on 22nd February resulted in 185 lives
lost and many more people displaced from homes and businesses
damaged or destroyed. Children in schools were well taken care.
Many of their schools were damaged. When they returned to school
some children needed to use other sites for their classes.
Greytown Class Creates Boxes of Hope During January 2012, when
planning for the new