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Top 20 of the year for primary students

As 2019 comes to an end, we take a look back at some of the top rated movies that aired on television in Australia this year for our primary viewers.

Media Arts
 
 
 
Get started with Indigenous Australia ​(secondary)

Investigate the changing land rights of Indigenous Australians in Rachel Perkins' Mabo. Learn the struggle of the stolen generations as depicted in Phillip Noyce's Rabbit-Proof Fence. And join Living Black's Nakari Thorpe on a journey to meet the Aboriginal women in her life who fought for Indigenous freedoms.

Indigenous Australians
 
 
 
Get started with sustainability ​(secondary)

Join Craig Reucassel's War on Waste and investigate the effect of fast fashion on our environment. See how scientific knowledge can applied to create more sustainable foods with fewer negative impacts with Foreign Correspondent. And visit the City Without Water with Dateline and discover how people confront an environmental crisis.

Earth and environment

Sustainability
 
 
 
Get started with critical thinking (secondary)

Evaluate the social, moral and ethical positions represented in the Hollywood classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Study the influence of social media and 'fake news' in shaping identities and attitudes with Four Corners. And analyse the use of humour in satire and parody in Utopia or Wag the Dog.

Critical Thinking
 
 
 
Brain games! Flex your thinking muscles

Take a brain break and have a go at these fun and challenging brain games. Short videos to get both sides of your brain working and awaken your memory, logic and problem solving skills.

Health and PE

Personal and Social Capability

Science
 
 
 
Get up and move!

Like an Aussie GoNoodle, videos from Move it Mobstyle and Dance Like will get you to take a break, get up from your desk and get moving. With a range of videos from pop music film clips to hip hop workshops to view in this collection, there is no excuse to keep your heart rate down. Learn the full dance routines or use the videos for a quick lesson break to energise students and wake up the brain. And don't forget to have fun!

Health and PE
 
 
 
Remembrance Day in the primary classroom

Help young learners understand the history behind Remembrance Day and the effects of World War I on the people of Australia. Watch the videos to improve understanding and also see how people commemorate Remembrance Day around the world.

Modern history
 
 
 
Tsunamis

From knowing the warning signs to understanding the tectonic forces that cause them, discover the secrets of tsunamis with this collection of documentaries and clips. Together they reveal one of the most powerful natural phenomena shaping and reshaping Earth.

Earth and environment

Geography
 
 
 
The write stuff

Agonising over a blank page? Looking for the inspiration to get writing? Pick up a pen and jot down some lessons from the lives of authors and journalists, real and imagined, as you sit back and watch some of our favourite films on writing.

English

Literature
 
 
 
Writing for secondary school students

Express your thoughts confidently with the ability to write stories, formal essays or even poems. Dive into this collection to get tips and tricks of becoming better writers.

English

Literacy
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