Party advice

I would just be honest and apologise to the parent.

Is this a friend of hers? Is there someone else going that she doesn't get on with?
I'd say, you don't have to go but you need to know the reason why she doesn't. Then explain to the parents why, maybe go and drop card and present off still

Thank you both, yes I will drop off the present in the week. She is a school friend that she normally plays fine with. My daughter was 6 weeks premature and very small for her age and I’ve noticed that she can’t keep up with her classmates when running etc. She doesn’t like anything competitive and knows there will be games there, she also has sports day this coming Wednesday that she hates. She says that she always comes last (Which she does) she has been mentioning it the last week and there has been a big change in her behaviour. I guess that’s on her mind also. She is happy playing in the garden now, I just need to apologise to the parents now. X