Year 8 English

Shakespeare Study: The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most accessible yet complex plays. Students will learn to 'translate' Shakespeare through a close reading of the text, and in so doing, get to grips with the sophisticated plots, characters and themes of the play. The themes of love, gender roles, and racial and religious stereotyping will be analysed not only in original context of the Elizabethan Age but also with a contemporary lens. Given the currency of the ideas in the play, active student participation is expected.

Students must have a copy of the book for the course. Any scholarly edition from Oxford, Arden and Penguin will suffice.

Students are advised to read the text before the course begins.

Available classes:

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EduVision is proud to announce our 2025 Selective High School Placement Test results!

Our students achieved a total of over 240 offers. Here is a list of the offers our year 6 students received.

School	Offered	Reserved
James Ruse AHS	46	10
North Sydney Girls HS	19	5
Baulkham Hills HS	35	17
North Sydney Boys HS	21	4
Normanhurst Boys HS	15	7
Sydney Boys HS	23	9
Hornsby Girls HS	15	5
Sydney Girls HS	14	1
Fort Street HS	9	3
Penrith Selective HS	4	1
Girraween HS	5	1
NBSC Manly Campus	3	1
St George Girls HS	2	1
Hurlstone Agriculture HS	15	1
Others	14+

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School	Offered	Reserved
Beecroft Public School	9	6
North Rocks Public School	8	5
Ermington Public School	7	3
Artarmon Public School	7	2
Matthew Pearce Public School	6	4
Dural Public School	7	1
Waitara Public School	4	1
Hurstville Public School	3	2
Ryde Public School	4	1
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Chatswood Public School	7	3
Woollahra Public School	5	0
Neutral Bay Public School	6	0
Others	25+

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2025 EduVision High School Transfer Placement Test Results

School	Offered	Reserved
James Ruese AHS	7	1
Baulkham Hills HS	5	1
North Sydney Girls HS	4	2
North Sydney Boys HS	1	1
Hornsby Girls HS	3
Normanhurst Boys HS	5	2
Sydney Boys HS	4
Sydney Girls HS	3	2
Penrith Selective HS	1
Girraween HS	2
NBSC Manly Campus	3
Fort Street HS		1
Others	3