Do school trips count as extracurricular activities?

Do school trips count as extracurricular activities?

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School trips are extracurricular activities as long as they are not directly related to the curriculum. So, if a geography field trip is out running, then I wouldn't count that as extracurricular because that's necessary for the exam and the course that's being done. However if that school trip is off to RF adium so that gifted and talented students can look at key skills to do the geography, such as map reading and meteorology, then that's extracurricular. It's not directly relevant, not necessary for the exam, but it's just a way of enhancing the subject.