Year 1 DD age 6 and friend issues

[Cheeseplease73]

My DD age 6 is in year 1 and is struggling with friendship issues. She has lots of girls she plays with in school and i have made a lot of effort with play dates etc and she has been on a few aswell. T

The issue is that she isn’t really in a close group of friends and all the girls in her class seem to be in the same patterns from nursery (my dd didn’t go to a school feeder nursery)

I just feel worried that it’s going to be like this all through school and that she won’t find her tribe so to speak! She’s been quite upset as she notices it too and it’s quite a small school.

She starts brownies in September which I am hoping will give her other groups of friends. I am just worried that she will always be on the outside of existing cliques.

Aibu to worry? I don’t remember having close groups of friends at age 6 and it was more about my family but it doesn’t seem so much like that anymore.

You don't say exactly what the issues are OP. You say she's not in a particular group but that doesn't equate to friendship issues on it's own.

Is she finding she's got nobody at all to play with at breaktimes?

Well, that’s she is struggling to break into existing school cliques that have come from nursery and feels left out.

I wouldn't focus on the fact that the others know one another from nursery OP.

That's a bit of a red herring in all likelihood. At 6 children just play with who they want...they might have forged some friendships certainly but they're usually open to more.

Have you spoken to her teacher about this? How do you know she's having trouble? Is she coming home and saying they won't let her play with them?

My daughter is 7 and doesn’t have any particular friends , they just play with whoever they fancy at that age . It’s parents trying to force friendship groups that cause the anxiety .