Project One Press Kit

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What is Project One?

Project One at Milton Keynes College is a unique course that focuses on the
individual development of students through the exploration of self-expression,
personal and community identity as well as personal growth. This is achieved
through understanding and exploring creativity as well as encouraging social
interaction. It is a course that seeks to find the individual within the student as
well as preparing them for progression into not only mainstream education but
contributes to much needed life skills to build upon.

Part of the Project One experience involves workshops and off site visits when possible.
Some of the places we have visited have included MK Gallery, an East London Street
Art tour and an interactive VR experience.

What can you learn on Project One?

We try and help students settle, form group dynamics and build confidence skills
through graded assignments and course work. Subjects are based around the
themes of identity, both individual as well as group and environment identity.
Unlocking imagination through creativity is the cornerstone of the Project One
experience and this has proved successful in building confidence. The course
will cover presentation work, creative practical tasks as well as group work to
form social interaction skills. Our students finish the year knowing more about
themselves and their potential as well as receiving a L1 qualification through
practical and theory based assessments. Project One is a blend of in-class and
out of class workshops, vocational and individual progression based activities.

This course is designed
to help you discover who
you are, and how your
mind set and not your
ability affects how you do
in life. You will explore
this through creativity
and social interaction.

Who is Project One for?

Project One is for students who have found school challenging, been home
schooled or have lost a sense of direction in life at a young age. It seeks to find
the transition between past experiences and into new, positive opportunities to
develop and learn, mainly about who the student actually is and how they fit into
the wider picture. Project One values diversity and recognises that your past
does not necessarily define your future. This course acts as a springboard for
students to identify and explore possible routes of progression that are ideally
suited to their unique ways of personal learning.

Project One students are encouraged
to work independently and within
groups as they learn to build resilience
by exploring their own identity as well
as the world around them.

Project One in a nutshell

• Not sure where you are going with your life at
this moment in time?

• Lack the skills and confidence to develop in
various areas?

• Need help in finding out who you are?
• Wondering about progression for a chosen

career plan?

This is what our previous students have said about this course.

“Project One is a course “I feel I am now more
that I have enjoyed over prepared to deal with
the year. I would people and have
recommend anyone who more diverse problem
is in a confusion mode. solving skills. I would
This course will help them recommend this
because they will learn course as a gentle
new techniques, skills introduction to the
about different jobs and college.”
what employers are Monty
looking for. This will help
students know what kind “I would recommend this
of personalities and course because I think it’s a
interests they have within good way to spend a year
them.” figuring out who you are and
Ilham what direction you want to
take your life in. It’s also a
“Since starting Project good opportunity to build
One I have seen confidence, share your work
noticeable and just crate a memorable
improvements in myself part of your teen years.”
but the most obvious Sadie
one is my confidence,
I’ve also found that my “Before project one I was very nervous to get back into education
writing skills were a lot because I had been in lockdown for so long, Project One has
better than I thought.” allowed me to get back on track in terms of education and social
Verity skills. It’s allowed me to become a better and more hardworking
person and I would suggest it to anyone who is feeling unsure in
what they’d like to do in the future.” Eliott

“Project One
helped me grow as
a person by
experiencing and
learning things
every day. Being
on the course has
helped me grow my
confidence and
gain motivation.”
Isabela

Content of study

Unit 1 Confidence in student’s own abilities are explored
through team work, developing self-esteem and
Award/Certificate self-expression. This is done by problem solving

Unit 2 through individual and group activities, focussing
on strong communication skills.
Award/Certificate
Exploring areas of local history and cultural
Unit 3 interest that play a part within both the identity of
the area as well as learners taking pride in their
Award/Certificate
own environment. A strong emphasis on local
Unit 4 workshops and visits are crucial to this.

Award/Certificate Building upon individual identity areas, this unit
looks at how to visually express individual
themes through creating a mood board that
expresses the learner’s personality traits in
relation to a chosen subject.

Building upon the previous two units, this unit
develops this exploration into creating or

designing a product that can be branded with the
learner’s own identity through personal logo
design as well creating a brand identity.

Unit 5 Individual choice of vocational study area
focussing upon understanding and developing
Certificate good communication skills towards progression

Unit 6 for following year. Learners will gain a taster
series of sessions that counts as a unit module.
Certificate
Individual choice of vocational study area
focussing upon understanding and developing

transferrable skills towards progression for
following year. Learners will gain a taster series

of sessions that counts as a unit module.

There are two pathway options for this Level 1 Gateway course. The Award option
of only 3 units and the Certificate option which is the same as the Award unit but
with 2 additional units that are completed through individual chosen subject
pathways on relevant departments.

Project One Gateway Award option (6 from 15 credits)

Unit qualification Session theme

Gateway L1 Progression (A/504/7689) 3 credits Group bonding and team building

Communication Skills for Group & Teamwork

Gateway L1 Progression (V/504/8607) 3 credits Exploring Milton Keynes

Discover Local History

Learners can must achieve 6 credits from any of these options, a total of 15 credits

available across four units.

Gateway L1 Progression (R/504/8945) 3 credits Creating an own brand identity

Creative Craft Skills

Gateway L1 Progression (K/617/1192) 6 credits Creating a brand logo

Graphic Design

Project One Gateway Certificate option (21 credits)

Unit qualification Session theme
Gateway L1 Progression (A/504/7689) 3 credits Group bonding and team building
Communication Skills for Group & Teamwork Exploring Milton Keynes
Gateway L1 Progression (V/504/8607) 3 credits Creating an own brand identity
Discover Local History Creating a brand logo
Gateway L1 Progression (R/504/8945) 3 credits
Creative Craft Skills Personal subject choice
Gateway L1 Progression (K/617/1192) 6 credits Personal subject choice
Graphic Design
Gateway L1 Progression (H/505/8587) 3 credits
Problem Solving in the Workplace
Gateway L1 Progression (A/617/4081) 3 credits
Communication Skills at Work

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