DD - Reception and making friends

[minipops1974]

Helloooo - Im a newbie here and love it.
I have a small issue with DD and was hoping anyone could share their experiences with friend making in Reception Class.
DD went to a private local nursery - all of which were adorable and she made loads of amazing friends. However we chose to go the route of State Primary Education local to our house.
(Very different as you can imagine) however DD doesnt generally mix, and only talks about one friend and doesnt want to run off with the others at school drop off.
Is it true - Do they find their own? Is this the norm? Im sure im worrying for nothing.
Would love to hear anyones experiences
Thanks so much

what does she tell you about her day when you pick her up?

Have you spoken to the teacher and asked if she is settling ok?

Sometimes they have one "friend" but they actually play with loads of kids during the course of the day - I got really worked up about ds when he said he'd played with nobody all day.

It turned out that he's played with nobody in particular - he'd actually played with everybody in the class at some point and was really popular.

If your dd's been at nursery she'll be used to making friends and mixing with other children so she'll probably be absolutely fine, but it will be worth having a quick word with the teacher just to make sure.

also - if most of the other children went to the same nursery (perhaps the nursery at the school?) then they will have already made their own friend groups and it may just take a little time for your dd to integrate into one of them - it will happen though

Give it time. She has only been at school 6 weeks or so, I bet it took her more than 6 weeks to make friends at nursery.

Yes you are both right - Why do we worry so much - I think I had different expectations from her.. She is very tiny for her age - the smallest little one there..
Oh guys im sorry - thanks for the tips x

At 4/5 friendship groups are still very fluid as the children are all finding their feet. The child who is their 'best' friend this week, probably won't get a mention next week.

My DD never talks about her friends, so I was getting worried. I spoke to the teacher who reassured me that DD is very popular. It's just another part of her life at school that she chooses not to tell me about.

When I say expectations I think I thought she would make friends immediately - I was just worried about her being on her own - Lollipshoes you are right - they mix with everyone too..