2025 in Review: Classroom Videos and Resources

A Year in Review for Australian and New Zealand Schools

As we enjoy the festive season and 2025 comes to a close, we’re celebrating the teachers and staff who made learning happen across Australia and New Zealand. By revisiting the ClickView content most appreciated this year, we can see what supported classrooms, sparked engagement, and shaped learning the most in 2025.

Top 10 most popular ClickView videos produced in 2025

Primary

Our new Music to Study to series was a huge hit with primary schools this year, helping classrooms stay calm and focused with peaceful visuals. Other popular new videos included special events, lawmaking and research skills.

1. Halloween (Miniclips: Global Celebrations and Commemorations)
2. Calming Piano, 138 BPM (Music to Study to: Instrumental Piano)
3. Gentle Piano, 139 BPM (Music to Study to: Instrumental Piano)
4. Pensive Piano, 105 BPM (Music to Study to: Instrumental Piano)
5. Dreamy Piano, 106 BPM (Music to Study to: Instrumental Piano)
6. Concentration Piano, 125 BPM (Music to Study to: Instrumental Piano)
7. Chill Lo-Fi (Music to Study To: Lo-Fi)
8. Thoughtful Piano, 142 BPM (Music to Study To: Instrumental Piano)
9. How Is a Law Made? (Miniclips)
10. Taking Notes (Miniclips: Research Skills)

Secondary

Secondary schools embraced our new social media awareness content with the new eye-opening series The Social Media Trap, whilst new Earth Science videos took centre stage with The Rock Cycle leading the way.

1. What’s the Problem? (The Social Media Trap)
2. The Rock Cycle (The Rock Cycle)
3. Sedimentary Rocks (The Rock Cycle)
4. What Are Microorganisms? (The Human Microbiome)
5. The Tech of Persuasion (The Social Media Trap)
6. How Do We Fix It? (The Social Media Trap)
7. Diary of a Social Media Detox (The Social Media Trap)
8. How Does It Affect Us? (The Social Media Trap)
9. Igneous Rocks (The Rock Cycle)
10. Properties of Rocks (The Rock Cycle)

Top 10 most popular Movies + TV

Top 10 in Australia

Australia’s most-watched films this year reflects a list grounded in stories that continue to do heavy lifting in the classroom. Character-driven favourites like 10 Things I Hate About You and Legally Blonde sit alongside enduring analytical touchstones such as The Truman Show and Sunset Boulevard, while visually inventive texts like Coraline and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse open up rich discussions around form and meaning. Hunt for the Wilderpeople adds a local voice and classics like Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Cars, and Despicable Me 4 remain as firm favourites.

1. 10 Things I Hate about You
2. Coraline
3. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
4. The Truman Show
5. Legally Blonde
6. Cars
7. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
8. Sunset Boulevard
9. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
10. Despicable Me 4

Top 10 in New Zealand

New Zealand’s most-used films this year reflect a strong emphasis on globally significant storytelling alongside distinctive local voices. Acclaimed international texts like Parasite, The Truman Show, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse support close study of power, identity, and cinematic form, while narrative-rich dramas such as Atonement, Hidden Figures, and The Talented Mr. Ripley offer opportunity for analysing perspective, context, and moral complexity.

1. Parasite
2. The Truman Show
3. 10 Things I Hate about You
4. Into the Woods
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
6. Hidden Figures
7. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
8. Atonement
9. The Talented Mr. Ripley
10. Boy

Topic 5 Special Events Topics in Australia

Throughout the year, key moments in the school calendar created natural opportunities for purposeful learning, with popular special events including Anzac Day, NAIDOC Week, and Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week. These topics support acts of remembering and commemorating, while also shaping classroom conversations around history, culture, community, and shared responsibility.

1. Anzac Day
2. Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week
3. Harmony Day
4. CBCA Book Week
5. NAIDOC Week

January Special Events Topics in Australia

We’re supporting teachers with curation for these special events in January. Each curated topic page comes packed full of dedicated resources to support your lessons:

• International Mind Body Wellness Day
• Penguin Awareness Day
• World Handwriting Day
• International Day of Education
• Australia Day
• Holocaust Memorial Day – coming soon

Browse the full calendar for more special events here.

Top 5 Topics in Australia

Primary

Across primary classrooms, learning balanced the practical and the imaginative, with everyday life skills explored through the Australian favourite Bluey and early historical understanding developed through the First Fleet. Other popular topics allowed for hands-on learning about telling time, the solar system, and life cycles.

1. Life Skills with Bluey
2. The First Fleet
3. Telling Time
4. Solar System
5. Life Cycles

Secondary

Secondary classrooms centred on analytical study, with dystopian fiction being a clear focus and The Hunger Games topic generating the highest use. The topics World Wars I and II also featured strongly, with content presented to explore historical context and impact, alongside set texts such as Coraline and Sunset Boulevard supporting close analysis of theme, symbolism, and film techniques.

1. The Hunger Games
2. World War II
3. Coraline
4. World War I
5. Sunset Boulevard

Top 10 most downloaded Resources

Teachers and students made the most of the thousands of downloadable resources available on ClickView videos. Activities and worksheets on videos exploring World War II, Japanese history, kitchen safety, energy, and film analysis were the most used in 2025.

1. Cause and Effect Activities from How Did World War 2 Actually Start? (Series: Captivating History)
2. Worksheet from Japan Under the Shoguns
3. Comprehension Questions from Safety in the Domestic Kitchen
4. Student Worksheet from Forms of Energy (Series: Shedding Light on Energy)
5. Film Analysis Unit from The Truman Show
6. Activities from Inside Out
7. Discussion Prompts from Hunt for the Wilderpeople
8. Student Worksheet from Energy Efficiency (Series: Shedding Light on Energy)
9. ATOM Study Guide from Food Waste (Series: War on Waste)
10. Suggested Responses from Japan Under the Shoguns

Reflection and looking ahead

The top hits of ClickView in 2025 show classrooms balancing calm focus with deep thinking. From the launch of study music videos setting the tone in primary rooms to secondary students tackling dystopian fiction, ClickView supported teachers with content used in purposeful, varied and practical ways. Combined with popular films, life skills, and key events, 2025 was a year where ClickView content truly supported everyday teaching across Australia and New Zealand.

As we look ahead, here’s to celebrating the moments that make teaching rewarding, and to an even more impactful 2026!