in years 9 and 10, students choose three elective subjects, from amongst languages (latin, french, german, chinese, or japanese), elective history, elective geography (so-called to differentiate them from the compulsory history and geography course), performing arts (music, drama and visual arts), industrial technologies (ict, woodwork, electronics, and food technology), and commerce. accelerated maths and business studies, which are both accelerated subjects, can also be chosen.