Would you expect Y4 to remember?

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DD has just started y4, they used to get a printed note with what their homework was but this year they don't. They get given the homework on a Friday and it is due in Wednesday.
Dd struggles with memory and this week she got made to stay in a break time as the homework she had handed in was not correct. Basically we had done what she said she needed to do but it wasn't exactly as the teacher had asked for.
I did think it was a bit harsh but am willing to go with it if you all think she should be able to remember when the teacher tells her what the homework is.

Dd get the "official" homework given to her on a sheet weekly. She gets additional tasks verbally that she would need to remember. If official homework wasn't completed it would need to be done in their own time break/golden time. Additional tasks would earn a reward for those who remembered.

I teach Year 4. No way would I expect them to remember, which is why I have to fart about every week photocopying and getting them to glue in sheets to their homework diaries. Don't want to give any more leeway for excuses for some of them not doing the task.

DS2, with SN and memory problems has had to write down his own homework since the start of Y3. So I think YABa littleU to think that it is not possible.

Teach your DC by writing something on a whiteboard and getting them to write it down quickly, and by telling them something verbally that they have to write down while you are talking.

It can be difficult, DS2 is Y4 and still struggles after a year of it, and often misses out crucial bits of information, but these are skills they will need when in Y7 so IMO it's good that they are starting to teach them early.

It gives them time to make their mistakes now, rather than in Secondary, and they get more years to practise.

My Y4 dd writes down her homework in her homework book. That way she takes responsibility for it, but has it written down.

IMO expecting anyone (of any age) to remember exact instructions without being allowed to write them down is utterly silly. I am sure I'd have got it wrong too.

Just to clarify, she doesnt have a homework diary and hasnt had the option to copy anything from the board - this I would find totally acceptable. Im not saying the teacher has to print out instructions ( although that would be preferable ) just give dd the option to record what she has to do somewhere.

With the most recent example, she came home and told me what she thought she had to do. It didnt make any sense, I text a couple of mums in her class and they all gave a variety of interpretations along the same theme. We did the best we could but it turns out we didnt do it quite right so dd had to stay in at break to correct it.

According to dd all but 7 children had to stay in, im not sure how accurate that is but surely if that is the case it would indicate to the teacher that they didnt grasp what was expected.

Homework was on printed sheets last year (yr 3). This year (yr 4) DS has to write it down himself.

Yr4 homework so far has been worksheets. One week DS still got part of it wrong because there was a verbal instruction for an additional element (which I think he confused with a task they had been doing in class).

They should have a homework diary and every bit of homework needs to be written down on the day it is due in.

The teacher is teaching very poor habits if she expects the children to remember homework rather than write it down. Talk to the head about it.

DD in Y4 - teacher has an A4 sheet of printed labels with the homework on - the sheet is passed round the class and each child sticks a label in their book. No way would DD remember otherwise.

This morning she announced "Er Mum I need to tell you something. We need something for Tuesday, either this Tuesday or next Tuesday, or maybe another Tuesday. I can't remember what it is but we need something for making something...."

I'm lucky her head is on her shoulders or she'd forget that some days