SCHOOLS out but the real lessons begin...

Mid-term break may be over for children nationwide now but the recent break from the classroom provided the ideal opportunity for pony-mad youngsters across the country to pick up some ‘real’ life lessons and where better than the great outdoors from the saddle?

Younger members of the Kildare Foxhounds enjoyed the children’s meet at Punchestown and top photojournalist Siobhan English was in just the right spot to capture some of the fun of the day.