I understand this is the school’s way of helping the girls to bond and to get to know more classmates better. Leaving the girls to find their own deskmates invariably leads to cliques being formed, which usually results in the shyer girls feeling left out. My dd felt having new deskmates each term helped her to make more friends, because she was the only one from her Pri Sch in the class. What’s more, she even became good friends with girls who, on the surface, didn’t seem to have much in common with her. But after 10 weeks of sitting together and discussing school work helped break the ice and they realised they do share many common interests, and they’ve now become close friends!