How's Yr7 going?

[wingsandstrings]

DD has just followed her brother to the local big v good comp. Majority of her primary class went, and it's a known quantity because of her sibling. So in many ways the settling in has been easy. But all the old friendship groups have been tested by all being put in different classes, and all her female friends seem quite unsettled and sort of jockying for position and uncertain about where that leaves old friendship dynamics. This didn't seem to be a 'thing', not a political and anxiety-inducing for my DS. Anyone else experiencing this/has experienced this . . . . I assume it generally settles down as people find their new places and friendship groups reform along different lines?

Dd went to our local school which is age 11 to 18. 2400 kids init. She knew no one. As she went to a diff primary for childcare reasons. They did 1 week summer school which was based on the Olympics and was great for meeting new friends. Then 3 days prior to the holidays.
She seems to have made lots of friends from her form class - not in any classes together other than p.e. they meet at lunch and break. We did have an issue of one girl accusing my dd of hitting her by accident with her planner on 2 separate days. The girl hit my dd on the head one day and arm another. My dd having listened to me hit her on head and arm x2 harder in retaliation. Which caused issues with friends. But that's sorted now from what it seems.

She talks ti ppl in classes however she doesn't particularly like them she says as she finds them stupid as she is in set 5 and set 4 for subjects. But other than that seems to be fine. Issue with trying to stay with primary school friends is you lose out on meeting new people and mingling and then feel guilty about it.