What is Multi-stage?

In this section are the units:

	Perseverance An S2 and S3 unit - This unit Perseverance provides opportunities for students in Stages 2 and 3 to look at the notion of what is it to persevere. It explores the concepts of believing in oneself, personal traits, setting realistic goals, discrimination and social justice.
	Leaving - Saying goodbye and reuniting An ES1, S1, S2, and S3 unit - Leaving is a literacy-based unit. It provides opportunities for student to discuss the issue of leaving in a variety of contexts. The text Leaving is used as the vehicle for the discussions. The concept of something of yourself remaining when you leave a place or community is central to the unit. It explores the concept of leaving and the customs and traditions different cultures have when saying goodbye.

This selection of multi-stage integrated units has been included to address a need expressed by teachers in small schools with multi-stage classes. Several of the units   have a strong Aboriginal perspective.

The Linkages project has worked closely with teachers from small schools on the far north coast of NSW. The team provided the ideas for the units and workshopped further development of each one before trialling the learning experiences from the units in their schools. The teachers have also collected worksamples and provided feedback on the units to assist in final editing. The units provide a rich resource for other teachers to use.

The units have been written for Early Stage 1 and Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 and for Early Stage 1 to Stage 3, however they can easily be adapted for other stages.

The Linkages project gratefully acknowledge the work of Rhonda Thomson, John Irvin and Virginia Pavlorich.