Extracurricular activities are important.

Extracurricular activities in primary education are an importan teaching resource, a pedagogical activity and a means of training and socialization for students. In addition, thanks to them, many objectives are fulfilled:


-To interact the child with his/her natural, social and cultural environment as a means of learning. 
-To inculcate the child's curiosity, interest in knowledge and creativity. 
-To understand the reality from analysis and observation. 
-To understand and value the environment that surround them.
-To develop the ability to describe, interpret and critique. 
-To appreciate and respect the rules of coexistence outside the classroom. 
-To stimulate and promote values such as trust, equality, solidarity, respect and tolerance. 
-To socialize with teachers and classmates of another classes and acquire skills for conflict resolution.


For all these reasons, I do not understand why teachers oppose to trips. We must leave aside the traditional method, in which teachers explain and students do hundreds of exercises in class, and innovate, for example going out and learning from the world that around us, due to, as we said, excursions are often a very important part of our school experience, and unfortunately, many of us have not enjoyed them for the simple fact that they have not been realized.


Niño, M.C. (2012). Las Salidas escolares en la Educación Primaria. Retrieved from https://uvadoc.uva.es/bitstream/10324/1845/1/TFG-L%2056.pdf