My dc is 11 and in year 6. For various reasons he is not well socialised with his classmates, he swapped schools half way through, had some family issues and was helped by Cahms for anxiety. During that time he was not much interested in his classmates but he has been much more sociable this year, and is trying harder to make friends with people in his class. He also has friends from activities outside school and in some other classes.
Now he is coming to the end of primary and the various leaving activities, prom, the school year book, etc are causing him to reflect on his years at this school and lack of friends. He was supposed to give me a code for the year book (but he has avoided it) and I am supposed to be uploading photos of him with his school friends and I think I literally have none. One other mum has come to me with a photo they want to put in of their son and mine. Has anyone else navigated this tricky period? How can I help him through this period so he doesn't come out of it feeling like a friendless failure?