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

Published on 29 September 20255 min read

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

What’s New?

380 new videos added!

Our content library continues to expand, offering a diverse mix of original productions and licensed series to suit every year group and subject area. Whether you’re looking to boost research skills, bring maths to life, or support wellbeing, there’s something for every classroom.

Spotlight on New Content

This month’s spotlight ranges from practical skills for younger learners, like research and focus strategies, to relatable maths resources for older pupils, including DIY algebra and theme park statistics.

Primary Highlights

Miniclips: Research Skills: Research can be daunting for young learners, but this animated series breaks down the basics, using dictionaries, asking good questions, note-taking, summarising, and referencing, into bite-sized, practical lessons. With 10 engaging videos, it’s perfect for helping pupils become independent, confident researchers.
Explore the series

Producer Commentary

Vicky Lee, Commissioning Lead

Miniclips: Research Skills is a crucial series to help young students start developing their understanding of how to research independently. It provides students with a step-by-step guide on how to use common resources like dictionaries and non-fiction texts, and explains skills such as note-taking, summarising and basic referencing.

Music to Study To: Instrumental Guitar & Lo-Fi: Set the tone for focused learning or quiet time with two new music series. Instrumental Guitar features medium-tempo tracks with peaceful imagery, while Lo-Fi offers slow, cityscape-inspired beats. Both are ideal for study sessions, mindfulness breaks, or background music during independent work. Instrumental Guitar | Lo-Fi

Secondary Highlights

DIY Algebra: Algebra is everywhere, from everyday tasks to gardening! This new series uses relatable, real-life examples to demystify algebra, covering everything from the basics to equations from worded descriptions. Watch DIY Algebra

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 for KS3 and KS4 students. See the series.

New Content Partners

Alongside our own productions, we’re also partnering with trusted organisations to bring even more variety into the library, from media literacy to history and science storytelling.

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.

History Hit: Founded by historian Dan Snow, History Hit brings the past to life with expert storytelling and a passion for uncovering the hidden stories that connect us to our history.

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

Movies + TV Highlights

Covering media literacy, the history of luxury, and the science of disease, this month’s showcase videos cover big ideas for the classroom.

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. Watch: Trust Me.

Golden Opulence: A History of Luxury: Take your students on a journey through the history of luxury in Anatolia, exploring fashion, art, food, and architecture across millennia. Watch Golden Opulence

Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic: From BBC Two, this pandemic-focused special follows Dr Chris van Tulleken as he investigates the global hunt for a virus deadlier than Covid-19. It was the most requested programme in September and is ideal for sparking discussions about science, health, and global citizenship. Watch Disease X

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: Film Making: Introduce pupils to the basics of filmmaking, from pre-production to post-production, with practical tips and strategies for budding filmmakers. View the Film Making Topic.

Primary: Yoga: Support wellbeing and creativity with yoga videos designed for use at home or in the classroom. These resources help enhance communication, ambition, perseverance, and health. View the Yoga Topic.

Primary: Crime and Deviance: Delve into the fascinating world of crime and deviance, and help your students uncover the key theories and concepts that shape our understanding of these important topics in society. Explore the Crime and Deviance Topic.

Film Making

Yoga

Crime and Deviance

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Upcoming Special Days (October)

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

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 using video in the classroom.

“Hook and Activate” is a one-page resource designed to help teachers set students up for successful learning before watching a video. Each 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 gives all learners a meaningful entry point into the topic.

See an example: Our Place in Space

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!