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

A Year in Review for UK 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 the UK. 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

Instrumental music, especially calming and dreamy piano tracks, proved overwhelmingly popular in primary schools! We also saw new Miniclips bringing important celebrations like Saint Andrew’s Day and Halloween to life.

1. Calming Piano, 138 BPM (Music to Study To: Instrumental Piano)
2. Dreamy Piano, 106 BPM (Music to Study To: Instrumental Piano)
3. Gentle Piano, 139 BPM (Music to Study To: Instrumental Piano)
4. Hopeful Piano, 127 BPM (Music to Study To: Instrumental Piano)
5. Peaceful Piano, 138 BPM (Music to Study To: Instrumental Piano)
6. Saint Andrew’s Day (Miniclips: Global Celebrations and Commemorations)
7. Thoughtful Guitar, 102 BPM (Music to Study To: Instrumental Guitar)
8. Focus Piano, 126 BPM (Music to Study To: Instrumental Piano)
9. Calming Guitar, 113 BPM (Music to Study To: Instrumental Guitar)
10. Halloween (Miniclips: Global Celebrations and Commemorations)

Secondary

A new Science production made a clear impact with What Are Microorganisms? being seen at the top of the list.The Odyssey in Context supported the study of a key literary text and had a strong reception from teachers. The rest of the list was dominated by Lo-Fi and instrumental music, underscoring the continued use of study tracks to help create calm, focused learning environments.

1. What Are Microorganisms? (The Human Microbiome)
2. Chill Lo-Fi (Music to Study to: Lo-Fi)
3. Calming Piano, 138 BPM (Music to Study to: Instrumental Piano)
4. Relaxed Lo-Fi (Music to Study to: Lo-Fi)
5. Dreamy Piano, 106 BPM (Music to Study to: Instrumental Piano)
6. The Odyssey in Context (Literary Contexts)
7. Thoughtful Guitar, 102 BPM (Music to Study to: Instrumental Guitar)
8. Lo-Fi (30 Minutes) (Music to Study to: Lo-Fi)
9. Calming Guitar, 113 BPM (Music to Study to: Instrumental Guitar)
10. Jazzy Lo-Fi (Music to Study to: Lo-Fi)

Top 10 most popular Movies + TV

From animated favourites like Ratatouille and Inside Out, which entertain while exploring important personal values, to literary adaptations such as the enduring An Inspector Calls, classrooms engaged with a diverse mix of films that balanced enjoyment with meaningful educational value throughout 2025.

1. Ratatouille – (ENG) (SCOT)
2. Mean Girls – (ENG) (SCOT)
3. Inside Out – (ENG) (SCOT)
4. An Inspector Calls – (ENG) (SCOT)
5. Despicable Me 2 – (ENG) (SCOT)
6. Cars – (ENG) (SCOT)
7. Shrek – (ENG) (SCOT)
8. The Hunger Games – (ENG) (SCOT)
9. Minions – (ENG) (SCOT)
10. Coraline – (ENG) (SCOT)

Topic 5 Special Events Topics

Special events like Easter, VE Day, Halloween, Safer Internet Day, and British Science Week were at the heart of classroom celebrations, providing timely opportunities for themed lessons and cross-curricular activities.

1. Easter – (ENG) (SCOT)
2. VE Day – (ENG) (SCOT)
3. Halloween – (ENG) (SCOT)
4. Safer Internet Day – (ENG) (SCOT)
5. British Science Week – (ENG) (SCOT)

Special Events January

Get ready for these upcoming special days in January. Each curated topic page comes packed full of dedicated resources to support your lessons:

• Handwriting Day (England, Scotland)
• International Day of Education (England, Scotland)
• Burns Night (England, Scotland)
• International Mind Body Wellness Day (England, Scotland)
• Holocaust Memorial Day – coming soon

Browse the full calendar for more special events for England and Scotland.

Top 5 Topics

Topics under languages, music, science, and history were the most explored, with Disney Songs adding to the musical theme for 2025’s biggest hits for primary schools.

Primary

1. French – (ENG) (SCOT)
2. Disney Songs – (ENG) (SCOT)
3. Forces – (ENG) (SCOT)
4. World War II – (ENG) (SCOT)
5. The Water Cycle – (ENG) (SCOT)

Secondary

Secondary schools explored our French topic the most, followed by a range of classic literature with topics exploring the texts’ adaptations, authors, context, themes and more…

1. French – (ENG) (SCT)
2. An Inspector Calls – (ENG) (SCT)
3. Coraline – (ENG) (SCT)
4. A Christmas Carol – (ENG) (SCT)
5. World War I – (ENG) (SCT)

Top 10 most downloaded Resources

Teachers and students made the most of the thousands of downloadable resources available on ClickView videos. Popular resource types included activity sheets and teacher packs on topics such as the physical states of water, the human skeleton, food chains, classification, electricity, and historical events like World War II.

1. Student Activity from Physical States of Water (Series: Water)
2. Teacher Pack from Follow a Human Breath (Series: Body Systems: The Respiratory System)
3. Teacher Pack from Function of the Skeleton (Series: Body Systems: The Human Skeleton)
4. Comprehension Questions from Introducing the Music of Japan (Series: Music of the World)
5. Teacher Pack from Food Chain (Series: Living Things in Their Environments: Food Chains)
6. Teacher Pack from Why Do We Classify? (Series: Variation and Classification: Why Classify?)
7. Teacher Pack from Food’s Incredible Journey (Series: Body Systems: The Digestive System)
8. Teacher Pack from What Is Electricity? (Series: Electricity and Magnetism: Electricity)
9. Cause and Effect Activities from How Did World War 2 Actually Start? (Series: Captivating History)
10. Teacher Pack from What Is a Force? (Series: Force and Motion: What Is Force?)

Reflection and looking ahead

The highlights of 2025 show how ClickView has supported UK schools with content focused on core curriculum areas, alongside other novel areas such as background music for study or teaching kindness through film. This year’s top hits reflect how teachers used ClickView in practical and purposeful ways by engaging with popular films, language learning, and classic texts, marking timely special events, and extending learning through hands-on resources.

Together, these trends show how ClickView continued to support everyday teaching throughout 2025, setting the stage for another impactful year ahead!