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

October has a distinctly musical flavour on ClickView this month, with new releases for every classroom across England and Scotland. Help primary learners find their focus with nature-inspired Sensory Soundscapes, or introduce secondary students to the great composers in Classical Music Appreciation—and that’s just the opening note of what’s new. 

What’s new?

In the last two months we have added 531 new videos to ClickView in England and Scotland. Learn all about this month’s featured releases below.

Spotlight on New Content

This month we’re highlighting new original content with a musical focus for both primary and secondary students, including nature-inspired soundscapes to support calm, focused study and a new series introducing students to the works of the great classical composers. 

Primary School Highlights

• Sensory Soundscapes (England)(Scotland)

Set the mood for focused study or relaxation with these soundscapes inspired by nature. Choose from short- and long-form videos, with each sensory soundscape paired with unique, peaceful imagery.

Secondary School Highlights

• Classical Music Appreciation (England)(Scotland)

Listen to and appreciate well-known works of classical music from composers such as Georges Bizet, Tchaikovsky and more as you learn about the pieces, their history and their composers.

Producer Comment

Vicky Lee, Commissioning Lead

New and Featured Content Partners

This month’s featured partners cover the skills that help students thrive in and out of the classroom, including managing their emotions, staying safe in the water, and building their strength and fitness.

Movies + TV Highlights

For October’s Movies + TV highlights, we have curated impactful documentary series as part of our educational catalogue. 

In this highly relevant series, Stacey Dooley works with doctors and scientists to test the veracity of the internet’s most viral wellness trends. Clickbait Clinic with Stacey Dooley (England)(Scotland) is an effective resource for fostering media literacy and critical thinking in an age where consumers turn to social media feeds for health advice.  

Finding Britain’s Slave Traders (England)(Scotland) presents new findings revealed by The Register of British Slave Traders, an historical project to account for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. An invaluable resource for secondary history students, the series forces viewers to confront the uncomfortable and repressed legacy of dehumanisation embedded in British law and society.

In the final installment of the longest running documentary ever made, 70 Up (England)(Scotland) follows Up, a decades-long investigation into the British class system. In this reflective conclusion to the series, the audience is left with questions about the nature of the public gaze, assumptions in filmmaking, and the ethics of documenting lives.

In Planet Sun, (England)(Scotland) viewers accompany renewable energy scientist Andy Evans from the pyramids of Teotihuacán and Chichén Itzá in Mexico to the solstice light at Stonehenge in the UK. The series offers an interdisciplinary vision for thinking about sustainability, where human spirituality, navigation and agriculture exists alongside science.

Curation and Special Events

This month’s new Topics for Primary students celebrate Road Safety Week, Recycle Week and support focus and calm with Sensory Soundscapes. New Secondary Topics help students focus with Sensory Soundscapes, explore human reproduction and childhood development, and build fitness and strength with guided workouts.

Primary Topics

• Recycle Week (England)(Scotland)
• Road Safety Week (England)(Scotland)
• Sensory Soundscapes (England)(Scotland)

Secondary Topics

• Sensory Soundscapes (England)(Scotland)
• Pregnancy and Childhood (England)(Scotland)
• Strength and Conditioning Skills (England)(Scotland)

November Special Events Topics 

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

• Bonfire Night (5th November) (England)(Scotland)
• Diwali (6th November–10th November) (England)(Scotland)
• Remembrance Sunday (8th November) (England)(Scotland)
• Anti-Bullying Week (9th November–13th November) (England)(Scotland)
• World Kindness Day (13th November) (England)(Scotland)
• Road Safety Week (15th November–21st November) (England)(Scotland)
• World Philosophy Day (19th November) (England)(Scotland)
• World Toilet Day (19th November) (England)(Scotland)
• World Children’s Day (20th November) (England)(Scotland)
• World Television Day (21st November) (England)(Scotland)
• Advent (29th November–24th December) (England)(Scotland)
• Saint Andrew’s Day (30th November) (England)(Scotland)

Browse the full calendar for more special events here: (England)(Scotland)

Featured Resource: Career Explorer

Help students explore any career in depth with this two-page graphic organiser. Guiding them to identify the role’s day-to-day tasks, required skills and qualifications, working life, and future outlook, before prompting them to reflect on whether it suits their own interests and strengths. 

Supports skills in:

• Career research
• Self-analysis and reflection
• Critical thinking and evaluation (weighing pros, challenges, and future prospects)
• Decision-making and future planning

Why use it?

• Guides students through a structured exploration of a career
• Encourages students to connect their own skills, strengths, and interests
• Builds awareness of qualifications, training routes, and the practical realities of working life
• Prompts forward-thinking by asking students to consider how technology, AI, and change may shape future demand
• Develops reflective practice and informed decision-making

Try it with the video Electrical Engineer (England)(Scotland), which also includes a completed example, from the series Careers in Advanced Manufacturing (England)(Scotland). 

Ready to explore?

That’s a wrap on October across England and Scotland—new music and wellbeing series, standout documentaries, and curated topics to match. Jump into ClickView to explore what’s new and find your next lesson.