by Sarah Gillespie | Apr 4, 2019 | Kids Health
The proprioceptive system is located in our muscles and joints and provides us with a sense of body awareness, whilst also controlling force and pressure. Proprioceptive activities involve providing intensive input to the muscles and joints. In simple terms, it is our...
by Sarah Gillespie | Feb 12, 2018 | Kids Fitness, Kids Health
We all know it’s been a long winter with coughs, sore throats, sore tummies and not to mention the Aussie flu. Our little people and teachers alike have been under a lot of pressure this year! But did you know that exercise is fantastic way to boost the immune system...
by Sarah Gillespie | Jan 21, 2018 | Rinka News, Kids Health
https://rinka.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/childhood-obessity.mp4 I just had to come on and give my thoughts on all of this here today. There’s been a number of articles over the last few days that have talked about the reality of the childhood obesity crisis,...
by Sarah Gillespie | Oct 25, 2017 | Rinka News, Kids Fitness, Kids Health
I started my day today with a brisk 3km walk and after a quick glance at my pedometer, I had clocked up 4,000 steps. I walk every day but if I didn’t make this deliberate move to get in my daily 10,000 steps I would never even come in close! It got me to thinking...
by Sarah Gillespie | Oct 3, 2017 | Kids Fitness, Kids Health
RINKA classes provide an all-inclusive environment where elitism and perfection are not expected, but where the goal is participation, inclusion and enjoyment. Children learn through play, therefore we must teach on their level and in a language they can understand. ...
by Admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Kids Health
Here at Rinka we are interested in all things active but that doesn’t mean we aren’t big champions of all things creative too. In fact, our classes promote creativity in an active way. It is vitally important for your child to have outlets for their developing...
