What’s New in January 2026: Classroom Videos and Resources

Welcome to our first monthly content update of 2026. We hope that the year has started strong for you and your students. The ClickView team is thrilled to be supporting you with some excellent content that is freshly available on the platform this month.

What’s new?

We have started the year in January with 110 new videos for Australia and New Zealand. Take a look at the highlights from our engaging, curriculum-aligned new videos

Spotlight on New Content

January’s new releases are all about giving teachers practical, curriculum-aligned videos that deepen understanding across key learning areas.

From introducing Year 7–8 students to the real-world skills of economics and business, to unpacking the science behind everyday chemical reactions, this month’s content helps learners connect big concepts to what they see in the world around them.

Secondary Highlights

• Year 7–8: The Economics and Business Toolkit (Australia) (New Zealand)

Explore the key concepts and skills that students will need in their study of economics and business, including how to gather information, interpret data, develop questions and more.

• Physical and Chemical Changes (Australia) (New Zealand)

Learn about physical and chemical changes, the differences between them and how chemical reactions are used in everyday life.

• Surviving (Australia) (New Zealand)

Deepen your understanding of the different cells, tissues, organs and systems that allow humans, animals and plants to survive.

• Exploring Ecosystems (Australia) (New Zealand)

Discover how energy flows through an ecosystem as organisms interact with one another in their environments.

New Content Partners

We’re starting 2026 with an exciting new lineup of content partners now available on ClickView. From award-winning filmmakers to expert educators and storytellers, these creators bring global voices, richer stories, and new ways to spark curiosity in classrooms across Australia and New Zealand.

Vérité Films
Vérité Films is a female-led, award-winning production company dedicated to elevating original voices in Canada and around the world.

• Jeremy and Jazzy (Australia) (New Zealand)

Economics Explained (Australia) (New Zealand)
An Australian economist breaks down global markets, policy, economic theories, and finance into lessons that are easily digestible for students.

Great Art Explained
Great Art Explained is on a mission to demystify the art world and discover the stories behind the world’s greatest paintings, sculptures, artists, books and authors.

• Great Art Explained (Australia) (New Zealand)
• Great Books Explained: 1984 (Australia) (New Zealand)
• Great Books Explained: The Tempest (Australia) (New Zealand)
• Great Books Explained: Emily Dickinson (Australia) (New Zealand)
• Great Books Explained: Moby Dick (Australia) (New Zealand)
• Great Books Explained: Alice in Wonderland (Australia) (New Zealand)
• Great Books Explained: The Little Prince (Australia) (New Zealand)
• Great Books Explained: The Radical World of William Blake (Australia) (New Zealand)

History Hub
History Hub explores the history of liberty, protest, rebellion and reform in from Magna Carta to the Suffragettes and beyond.

• What Caused the Peasants’ Revolt? (Australia) (New Zealand)
• The English Civil War (Australia) (New Zealand)
• The Normans and the Saxons (Australia) (New Zealand)

Movies + TV Highlights

This month’s Movies & TV collection offers powerful stories that invite students to think deeply, ask questions, and connect learning with lived experience. Students can reflect on Holocaust education through personal testimony, examine the ecological impact of climate change on kelp forests, and explore identity and creative expression through contemporary art.

• The Weight of Memory: I am Bernie Furshpan (Australia) (New Zealand)

Follow Dr. Bernie Furshpan, son of Holocaust survivor Moshe Furshpan, as he travels the country educating younger generations

• White Rock (Australia) (New Zealand)

Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to expose a hidden consequence of the climate crisis – the explosion of longspined sea urchins that are devastating Australia’s kelp forests.

• When I Go Outside (Australia) (New Zealand)

A unique portrait of a “refugee” who, through a fusion of pop art and high art, refuses to be seen through only one lens.

• The Scarecrow’s Wedding (Australia only)

A story from Julia Donaldson, Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay are scarecrows planning a wedding to remember.

• Forever Auckland FC (New Zealand only)

Follow the inception, rise and inner working of Auckland FC.

Curation and Special Events

Our curation team has been hard at work developing timely topic pages designed to help teachers quickly find meaningful, classroom-ready content exactly when it’s needed. With February bringing important calendar moments such as Safer Internet Day, Lunar New Year, and International Women and Girls in Science Day, these curated collections make it easy to connect curriculum learning with real-world events and conversations.

Primary Topics

• The Social Media Ban
• Holocaust Memorial Day
• Penguin Awareness Day

Secondary Topics

• Great Art
• The Australian Economy
• Macroeconomics

February Special Events Topics in Australia

Mark your calendars for these upcoming special days and explore related resources.

• Mardi Gras (28th February)
• Winter Olympics (6th – 22nd February)
• Healthy Lunchbox Week (9th – 15th February)
• Safer Internet Day (10th February)
• International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th February)
• Valentine’s Day (14th February)
• Lunar New Year (17th February)
• Lent (18th February – April 2nd)
• Ramadan (18th February – March 20th)
• War Animal Day (24th February)
• International Polar Bear Day (27th February)

Browse the full calendar for more special events here.

Featured Resource: 5Es Inquiry Task

Develop scientific understanding and inquiry skills with the new 5Es Inquiry Task resource — a two-page lesson guide to use with your class.

• Five stages of inquiry:
  • Engage
  • Explore
  • Explain
  • Elaborate
  • Evaluate
• Why use it?
  • Supports student-centred learning, reflection, and critical thinking
  • Includes guiding questions for each stage
  • Easy to implement, minimal prep required!
  • Use before, during, and after watching a video

Try it with the video What Are Microplastics? from the OCEARCH: Science Brief series.

• Video (Australia) (New Zealand)
• Series (Australia) (New Zealand)

Ready to explore?

Want to bring something new into your classroom this year? Whatever you’re teaching, there’s something fresh waiting for you on ClickView. We can’t wait to support you in making 2026 your most engaging year of learning yet.