What’s New in September 2025: Classroom Videos and Resources

Welcome to the September 2025 edition of our Monthly Content Round-Up. This month, we’re excited to share a host of new resources, spotlighted series, and special events designed to inspire and support teaching and learning across Australian and New Zealand classrooms.

What’s New?

Australia has welcomed 438 new videos to its educational content library, while New Zealand has added 424 new videos. This ongoing expansion ensures that teachers and students have access to a diverse and growing mix of original productions and licensed series, catering to every year level and subject area.

Spotlight on New Content

From civics and research know-how in primary school to the big ideas of maths, science, and even theme park statistics in secondary, this month’s spotlight is packed with ways to bring learning to life.

Primary Highlights

• How is a Law Made? Ever wondered how a law, like the recent social media ban for under-16s, goes from an idea to legislation? Our new Miniclip takes students on a step-by-step journey through Australia’s law-making process, making civics education accessible and relevant. Watch it here.

Producer Commentary

Alice Donaldson, Content Producer

• Music to Study To: Two new series, Instrumental Guitar and Lo-Fi, provide the perfect soundtrack for study, relaxation, or quiet time in the classroom. Each video features calming visuals and music to help students focus. Instrumental Guitar | Lo-Fi

• Research Skills Miniclips: Research can be daunting for young learners. This animated series breaks down the basics, using dictionaries, asking good questions, note-taking, summarising, and referencing, into bite-sized, practical lessons. Explore the series here.

Producer Commentary

Vicky Lee, Commissioning Lead

Secondary Highlights

• ClickView x OUP Collaboration: A comprehensive suite of maths series for Years 7–10, covering integers, algebra, statistics, geometry, measurement, and more. Each series is designed to build conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. Browse all maths series.

• Science: Plate Tectonics: Explore the dynamic forces shaping our planet with this new series on plate tectonics, continental drift, and sea-floor spreading. Watch: Plate Tectonics.
  

• Theme Park Statistics: Bring maths to life with real-world data from theme parks! This series covers everything from using graphs to understanding quartiles and box plots, making statistics engaging and relevant. See the series.

New Content Partners

Beyond new releases, we’ve also expanded our partnerships to bring even more diverse perspectives and voices onto ClickView, making it easier for teachers to connect lessons to real-world issues and stories.

• Getting Better Foundation: The Getting Better Foundation is dedicated to spreading non-partisan media and information literacy to help lessen polarisation and vitriol, foster resilience and peace, and to preserve democracy. Their mission: “To build trust through the truth about the positive evolution of human progress” lends itself to countering mis and disinformation, bringing awareness to parents, families, students, educators, and legislators of the importance of including media literacy lessons to hone critical thinking skills – especially in our youth.

• Camp Quality: Camp Quality is an Australian children’s cancer charity. They bring positivity, fun and laughter back into the lives of kids facing cancer. Supporting children impacted by cancer, their original series Bloom is a heartfelt production exploring the emotional realities of diagnosis, mental wellbeing, and family dynamics.

• PBS Eons: Journey through the history of life on Earth, from ancient microbes to Ice Age mega-fauna, with this engaging science series.

Movies + TV Highlights

Our Movies + TV collection continues to grow. This month’s picks range from hard-hitting documentaries like Trust Me to inspiring real-life stories such as Kate Reid’s journey in All Consuming, alongside imaginative adaptations like Magic Beach and musical journeys like Gravel Road.

• Trust Me: Trust Me is an award-winning documentary that brings awareness to people’s need for media and information literacy to lessen polarization, foster trust and resilience, and preserve democracy. Educators can dive more deeply into the subject matter thanks to the companion guide produced with the News Literacy Project. The guide offers collegiate and parental discussion guides to go along with the film to encourage critical thinking in students using creative fact-checking, media consumption, and creation modules. Students are encouraged to utilize the seven quality standards professional journalists use when creating and sharing posts and content online, becoming more trustworthy communicators and citizens in the process.

• Australian Story: All Consuming – Kate Reid: The inspiring journey of Kate Reid, from Formula 1 engineer to Australia’s croissant queen, overcoming personal challenges along the way.

• Radical: A powerful film about a teacher’s innovative approach to unlocking student potential in a challenging environment.

• Magic Beach: A screen adaptation of Alison Lester’s beloved storybook, perfect for sparking imagination in students of all ages.

• Gravel Road: Follow Jay Minning and the Desert Stars, the world’s most remote rock band, in this musical journey through Spinifex Country, WA.

Curation & Special Events

To make navigation easier, our curation team continually organises themed collections across curriculum topics, cultural themes, and seasonal events, helping teachers find the right video when they need it. Here are a few brand new ones to explore.

Featured Topics

• Primary: Sydney 2000 Olympic Games 25th Anniversary: Celebrate the legacy of the Sydney Olympics with curated clips and classroom ideas. Explore the topic here.

• Primary: 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games: Get ready for the upcoming Winter Olympics with cross-curricular resources and teaching ideas. View the Winter Olympics resources.

• Secondary: Japanese Language & Culture: Support Japanese language learners with resources on greetings, vocabulary, and cultural insights. Explore the Japanese topic here.

Upcoming Special Days (October)

Recognise upcoming special events with these short and fresh videos curated on one page for you.

• World Space Week (4–10 Oct)
• Moon Festival (6 Oct)
• World Mental Health Day (10 Oct)
• Digital Citizenship Week (20–24 Oct)
• Diwali (20–25 Oct)
• World United Nations Day (24 Oct)
• Grandparents’ Day (26 Oct)
• Day for Daniel (31 Oct)
• Halloween (31 Oct)

Browse the full calendar for more special events here.

Featured Resource: Hook and Activate

Finally, we’re spotlighting a practical teaching tool designed to optimise the use of video in the classroom.

Designed for all year levels, the “Hook and Activate” resource helps teachers set students up for success before watching a video. Each one-page guide includes a “Hook” to spark curiosity and an “Activate Prior Knowledge” task to connect new learning to what students already know. This approach supports inclusive practice, reduces cognitive load, and aligns with the Quality Teaching Model’s ‘Significance’ dimension.

Final Thoughts

This month’s round-up is packed with fresh content, inspiring stories, and practical resources to support your teaching. Whether you’re looking to boost research skills, explore new maths and science topics, or celebrate special events, there’s something here for every classroom.

Stay tuned for more updates, and happy teaching!