DD in Reception joined a private prep school in the summer term, after doing the first 2 terms at a local primary.
The prep school has this lovely idea that when Reception girls join they'll be 'allocated' a big girl from year 6 to look after them and make their settling easier.
Of course DD only joined late and so she joined this group of 2 big girls and one Reception girl ( there are more Y6 girls than Reception so some Reception girls had 2 big girls). One of the big girls really made an effort with DD, she played with her almost daily and really helped her settle in, whereas the other one was very rarely involved and rarely played with DD. I don't think they had much of a relationship.
It's end of school year and everyone seems to make a fuss about buying presents for the big girls and I am getting something (not too big or expensive) for the one who's been very actively involved with DD, but I really don't think the one one should get anything apart from a card. But then I'm thinking they'll talk to each other, would that look a bit mean? 🤔. What would you do?