10 year old daughter friends issue

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We relocated 3 years ago. Daughter made friends with a group of 4 girls. My daughter was in tears last night as one of the girls is trying to exclude my daughter/leave her out of the conversation etc. She feels pushed out of the group. Whenever my daughter starts a conversation she's immediately shut down by this girl. My daughter is quite sensitive and had alot to deal with the past 3 years, losing her grandad, leaving friends behind,new house and school. Any advice please? Hate seeing my daughter so upset. I remember all too well going through the same thing when I was at school :'(

Forgot to say this girl also encourages the others to hide away from my daughter at break. The girl in question is in same class,the others in a different class. They mixed the classes up last September.

Have a look at the mightygirl website for relational aggression.
It's rife in girls.

Go to the school, it is a form of bullying and a good school and teacher should deal with it.

Also have conversations with your DD about what makes a good friend.
These girls aren't really friends.
They don't have to have power to hurt her, she can move away and play with others. It hurts but the more she plays into the drama the worse it gets.
It's tough and we have all been there.
Learning to see it, recognise it and move away from those toxic people now will help her in the future.

Oh I sympathise. It's so hard and unfortunately a common problem at this age. Could you invite the other friends over separately, or encourage her to find friends outside of this group. I would speak to her teacher as well (I assume they're all in the same class) so they are aware this is happening and can keep an eye on this girls behaviour. Doing clubs etc outside school can be beneficial too, to help her make news friends away from school.

We've talked about having the other girls over individually for tea so will arrange ASAP. Daughter does karate but this doesn't really give her an opportunity to really meet the other children there. I'll speak to her teacher.