7 year old & friendships

[Poppysball]

My dd is 7 and generally a happy little girl. She loves school and her school report from her teacher says she is helpful, caring and well liked by her peers.
Recently there have been some friendship issues that have upset her. A girl that she has played with and got close to over the past few months has just suddenly stopped playing with her and is being very ‘off’ with her. DD doesn’t seem too upset but I just worry that she doesn’t have a best friend and she doesn’t really even seem to be in a particular group of friends. She just seems to float around.
I see the other girls of her age all forming close friendships and groups and I wonder why she hasn’t when she is such a nice girl.

Most of the time she takes it all in her stride but sometimes she says things that make me feel sad for her like ‘i just played on my own today’ or she asks certain girls if she can play and they say she needs to ask the ‘ringleader’ of their little group who has a tendency to say no.
Recently they had to choose 2 people they want to be in a class with at the next school. She put down 2 nice girls but said to me ‘i don’t think anyone put me mummy’

I want her to be happy with some nice friendships but I don’t know how to make this happen. She has had playdates but they don’t always ask her back which she then wonders why. She is a nice friendly kind girl - I really want to help her get off to a fresh start at the next school.

Can anyone relate or offer any advice at all please? It’s horrible when she says she has no-one to play with at times.

@Poppysball first of all I think your daughter sounds really kind and sweet. I know it must be hard to imagine your little one playing alone in the playground, but try not to be too sad about it. Sometimes children say they have played alone and in fact they just didn't play with someone the whole time.

I know you say that you do play dates and they aren't reciprocated, but don't feel that it's a reflection on your daughter.... People sometimes find it hard to schedule them and kids can be fickle. In my daughters school it seem most friendships are built on playdates, so it could be good to do more just to establish her friendships, although that might be harder over the summer.

Saying that I don't do many playdates for my daughter as our place is too small, but we might go to a nearby park after school so she can play with her friends. Luckily she found a friend who also doesn't do many playdates, so we mostly just go to the park after school.

Do you have many mum friends in her class? Are there any children who seem kind maybe shy that you could encourage your daughter to play with?