How can I help dd(5) handle her worries?

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Dd (5.3) is in P1, and has started to become really worried about school. As far as I can tell, there is nothing untoward going on at school - she has friends, a lovely teacher and is getting on well with the learning side. However since she went back to school last week she's started to get quite weepy when she goes in to school, and gets upset on and off during the day. I have spoken to her and her teacher - dd says she's not sure why she gets upset, but after a few chats over this weekend, it seems to be a few things:

Fear that I won't be there to pick her up (at the end of last term there was one day when she thought no-one was there to pick her up - it was a blizzard and I was v slightly late)

Fear about not doing things properly at school. DD hates to do things wrong, and now they're getting into proper work she is getting worried about making mistakes. She is getting on fine at school acc to teacher, and I have tried to explain that making mistakes is a part of learning.

She's been ok this weekend, but tonight started saying she doesn't want to go back to school tomorrow, and I feel sure there'll be tears again tomorrow.

How can I help her? She has a stable home life and loving parents, but she is such a worrier - it makes me worry for how she'll be in the future, and would love to find some strategies on how to help her deal with her worries.

Thanks for reading - any advice, please.

I think that as you know that in reality she is doing and coping just fine, I would try and take the 'chipper' approach... play it down a bit, don't dwell on it for too long, jolly her along a bit when she gets a bit teary...

But you know your dd the best, and I fully accept that this might be TOTALLY the wrong direction to move in, if she's a really sensitive sort

It's what I'd do with dd1 though (who can verge on the melodramatic despite being a pretty robust type)

Yes, her teacher has suggested not making too much of it, and I'm aware that in a way it becomes a kind of habit.

DD is pretty sensitive and thin - skinned, and whilst I think the chipper approach is maybe okay to try, I do wonder if this is the right approach. For example, tonight she said to me she was trying not to think about her worries, but they kept coming back - I tried to distract her but it's not always possible, and I think it would be helpful for her to have some strategies to deal with worrying/anxiety.

Aw bless her

Reassurance prob the way to go then

Chipper approach when teary at the school gate or whatever

Anyone else - any advice on how to handle children's worries in general? Because dd is a natural worrier, and I'm not sure how to handle it. Thanks