Can friendships survive if they are in different years at the same school?

[CountessDracula]

DD's best friend from nursery went to school last year, she was an August baby. DD is a September baby so she is starting this year. They will (hopefully) be at the same school but a year apart. They live 2 roads from us, see each other regularly for tea and play etc, go to ballet together etc.

I am just wondering whether all this will fall apart once she starts school in Sept

(they totally adore each other by the way)

No experience of this CD but I hope so!

Ds3 (only 2 atm) has a lovely little friend but ds3 is August and friend is Jan so ds3 will go to school a year earlier - same as your situation.

I'm gutted (as is friend's mother!) but hopefully, since the families are close friends they will stay close as well.

Inevitable they will be closer to children in their year/class though I think.

Mind you, there is a boy in ds1's class and I know it's been raised as an issue that he doesn't play with children in his class much - in the playground he sticks to his friends who are in the year above and another class - they are children he plays with at home. Only raised as an issue because of the 'nature' of the boys in question btw!

Yes so do I!

Yes, my best friend was in the year above me at school. We never saw each other at school, but regularly out of school (used to live opposite each other from age 3 to about 6, then both sets of families moved elsewhere in same town and met up once a week). She's still my best friend now even though we're in differenct countries. Over the years we've been through a lot together.

Should add that I don't see anyone from my own year these days (am 36!!)

DS1 is 10 and his friend xxx is 11 and so has been at high school since last september.
They still see each other in the week after school and at weekends and have lots to talk about.

Yes they can still see each other outside school. I had a close friend who was a year below me and we said hi at school although we played with people from each of our years but we still socialised outside school.

How has the friendhip been whilst the older girl is at school?

Yes, definitely. DD got pally when in a mixed year group with a girl from the year below. When the classes were shuffled and they were in separate classrooms, they stayed friends. DD now in high school, friend in primary. They phone and text each other and stay over in each other's houses.

Dd1 has a friend who is 2 school years older (15 months) they used to play together when friend was in yr2 dd1 in Reception.Every so often they play together and pounce on each other like long ;ost friends.Now they are both at brownies so will see each other every week even when we are busy.

Their friendship still seems very strong