2025 Game Changer Challenge
Congratulations to the Game Changer Challenge 2025 teams who worked to solve the wicked problem to ‘Ensure sustainable futures for all’.
This year the Game Changer Challenge had a record number of participants, with nearly 3,000 students embarking on a design thinking journey to solve the 2025 wicked problem.
With nearly 450 video submissions, judges had a very tough task as every team showed great depth in research, creative thinking, and dedication and motivation to driving positive change in our communities. The empathy, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking on display from every student was incredible.
The 20 grand final teams took part in a live grand final event in Parramatta from 11 to 13 November.
Grand final winners
Congratulations to the Game Changer Challenge 2025 grand final award winners. Read more about the champion teams in the news article.
Primary champion
Mount Terry Public School - Fierce Future
Secondary champion
Parramatta High School - pHfixers
Prototype award
Kooringal High School - ApeX Innovators
Teamwork award
South Grafton Public School - Plastic Tacklers
Canva Force for Good award
Oakhill Drive Public School - Sustainable Sloths
UNICEF Voice for Impact award
Cherrybrook Technology High School - Truth Seekers
Primary school grand final teams
- BBPS Data Deleters - Bonnet Bay Public School
- Plastic Free Force - Caddies Creek Public School
- Sustainabili-Team - Chertsey Primary School
- The Sprout Scouts - Coolongolook Public School
- Mission Earth United - Gunnedah South Public School
- The Five Changers - Illawong Public School
- FIERCE Future - Mount Terry Public School
- The Iron Crow - Newbridge Heights Public School
- Sustainable Sloths - Oakhill Drive Public School
- Ready Set Grow! - Orana Heights Public School
- Enviro Engineers - Pacific Palms Public School
- Plastic Tacklers - South Grafton Public School
High School grand final teams
- Truth Seekers - Cherrybrook Technology High School
- No More Fishy Business - Killara High School
- Ape-X Innovators - Kooringal High School
- Soil Mates - Moorebank High School
- PHixers - Parramatta High School
- Anti Plastics - Ryde Secondary College
- Hodge Dog - The Rivers Secondary College, Richmond River High Campus
- Sustainability Squad - Warners Bay High School