Year 9 Electives
General Information
Choosing Year 9 Electives
When choosing the Year 9 electives consider the following:
- What are my educational strengths?
- What subjects am I good at?
- What do I like doing?
- What activities do I enjoy doing?
- What subjects do I like doing?
- What are the areas I need to improve?
- What skills do I need to learn for the future?
- At this moment, what are the types of careers that interest me?
Advice for selection of electives
- Do not choose electives just because your friends are choosing them
- You will not necessarily be in the same classes as a friend who chooses the same elective
- The timetable for 2026 is created using student elective selection. Therefore, you cannot change your elective next year unless there are special circumstances.
Selection of Elective Units
Students select 6 elective units (3 per semester) from The Arts, Health and PE, Language and Technology areas.
Students are required to select at least one elective subject from The Arts subjects and at least one elective subject from the Technology subjects.
French at Year 9 is optional, but students are encouraged to continue their study of French.
Please note, if a student chooses French, students must choose it for 2 semesters. Hence, it will take up 2 elective spaces.
The below table outlines Senior School subjects that have a link with electives chosen in Year 9