Hi. Looking for some advice / perspectives! My DD is 11 in her last year of primary school. She’s very extroverted and has always enjoyed lots of friendships, however she’s had one particularly close friend throughout. Lately we’ve noticed that she seems to be a lot more withdrawn. She did write a message to a teacher about 2 months ago, stating she was unhappy at school but she didn’t know why. She told me this also. She sat for Grammar school and has passed (and secured a place). I intuited some of her despondency maybe to do with burn out from the preparation and going straight into SATs prep (seems very full on, but myself and DH have tried to reassure her it’s really not a concern for us and we’re proud of her regardless). Friendships appear much more fickle in her class. She’s mentioned being excluded a lot (by so called best friend and two other popular girls) but she says she isn’t bothered and tries to find someone who will spend time with her (I feel she is, unless I’m projecting my sensitivity onto her). DD is very sociable but isn’t into boys, make up etc. We haven’t allowed wats ap as there was a class group where I found some of the content concerning and the volume of messages (on speaking with other mums). DD says this is how they all communicate though. Appreciate this is a time of hormones flying and transition to secondary school, but I’m struggling to know how I can best help. I’ve always been very proactive in arranging outings for my DD and her friends, but DD isn’t included in any of the smaller parties now. I say on roll on high school to meet more like minded people in a bigger pool, but it’s a good few months away! And friendships have always been very important to her.