April has been a big month on ClickView, with a wonderful selection of new content arriving for Australian and New Zealand primary and secondary schools. From animated safety series and Australian history to geography, economics, and compelling documentaries, there’s something to engage and inspire every classroom this month.

What’s new?

This month we have added 151 new videos to ClickView in Australia and 137 new videos for New Zealand. Learn all about this month’s featured releases below.

Spotlight on New Original Content

This month’s original content spans primary through to secondary, with new series exploring personal safety, Australian history, internal migration in China, and a comprehensive suite of Geography and Economics titles developed in collaboration with Oxford University Press.

Primary Highlights

Staying Safe with Amal and Luna (Australia) (New Zealand)

What do you need to know to stay safe? With fun characters and real-world examples, this animated series explores different safety rules and explains what students can do if they need help.

Producer Comment

Arunwan Hwangcharoen, Content Producer

“This series helps guide students on how to stay safe in everyday life. Using real-life scenarios makes it easier for students to understand and apply what they’ve learned in real life, and the cartoon storytelling style makes the lessons fun and engaging, helping kids stay interested while learning important safety concepts.”

Mary MacKillop (Australia)

Discover the story of Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first Saint, and learn about her early life in colonial Australia, her commitment to education, her path to becoming Saint Mary of the Cross and her legacy which still inspires us today.

Secondary Highlights

Internal Migration in China (Australia) (New Zealand)

Explore internal migration in China, including the hukou system, the factors behind this movement from rural to urban areas, and the impact that internal migration has on Chinese society.

ClickView x OUP Collaboration

A comprehensive suite of Geography and Economics series for Year 7 and Year 8, covering the factors of liveability, urbanisation and the growth of today’s cities, and the rights and responsibilities of consumers.

Migration (Australia) (New Zealand)
Urban Life (Australia)
Economic Choices, Rights and Responsibilities (Australia)
Liveable Cities (Australia)
Coastal Landscapes (Australia)

ClickView x OUP Collaboration April RU AU

New and Featured Content Partners

Our featured content partners for April highlight the powerful ways narrative videos can teach both important skills and key issues in the world around us.

New Day Films
New Day Films is an educational film distribution cooperative who distribute groundbreaking social issues documentaries around the world, such us Three Ocean Advocates (Australia) (New Zealand) and Samurai in the Oregon Sky (Australia) (New Zealand).

Chasing Time English
Chasing Time English caters to older learners through narrative series like Days Crossing (Australia) (New Zealand), Adrift (Australia) (New Zealand), and Skippers Pass (Australia) (New Zealand), helping them build practical conversational English and grammar skills.

Movies + TV Highlights

This month’s highlights from Movies + TV boasts an offering of popular factual series and immersive documentaries. From Australian broadcast TV, the in-demand series The Matter of Facts is a must-watch for a both students and teachers navigating a digital ecosystem flooded with AI and disinformation. The investigative series hosted by Hamish McDonald dissects the dangers present in how we are receiving facts in an online landscape that is rapidly evolving.

As the topic of big tech is trending, we recommend viewing Is Your Smartphone Spying on You? to New Zealand schools. This documentary investigates how tech companies may be collecting personal data stored on our phones, and if they can really be listening to us. A critique on tech giants that is profoundly topical, this documentary is a great resource for deeper discussion on phone use.

Another exceptional film from Madman Entertainment, our documentary recommendation this month is The Road to Patagonia. Available in Australia and New Zealand, director Matty Hannon embarks on a horse-back journey through the rugged terrain of the Americas. What starts as an escape from city living develops into a film that explores themes of personal growth, sustainable living and environmental stewardship.

From New Day Films, UNSTUCK: An OCD Kids Movie gives children who struggle with OCD a voice. Also available in both Australia and New Zealand, the film follows six kids who bravely share what life is like living inside their mind, their fears, obsessions and rituals that they’re striving to overcome. This film is a moving and powerful portrait of resilience, understanding and truly educates audiences on what OCD is.

Curation and Special Events

This month’s curated Topics cover safety, Spanish language and culture, transport, consumer rights, liveable cities, and Australian literature, with a range of special events in May to mark in your calendar.

Primary Topics

Secondary Topics

Liveable Cities — Consumer Rights and Responsibilities

May Special Events Topics in Australia

Mark your calendars for these upcoming special days and explore related resources to integrate across the curriculum.

International Compost Awareness Week (3rd – 9th May)
Do it for Dolly Day (8th May)
Endangered Species Day (15th May)
Walk Safely to School Day (15th May)
World Bee Day (20th May)
National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week (26th May – 3rd June)
National Simultaneous Storytime (27th May)
International Day of the Potato (30th May)

Browse the full calendar for more special events here.

Featured Resource: Design Task

Foster student agency with the new Choice Board Activities resource. This instructional resource provides differentiated sets of 3–5 activities at each level of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

The six levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy:
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Why use it?
- Supports differentiation and adaptive teaching
- Supports explicit teaching through the gradual release of responsibility
- Can be teacher-led or self-directed
- Use after watching a video

Try it with the video Plastic and Chemical Pollution: Oceans and Sea Life in Peril (Australia) (New Zealand) from the series Science Kids (Australia) (New Zealand).

Ready to explore?

All of this month’s new content, curated topics, and featured partner resources are available now on ClickView for Australian and New Zealand schools — log in today to start exploring and planning for your upcoming lessons.

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