10 Christmas Music Comprehension Pack

Bring festive learning to life with this 10-piece Christmas music comprehension pack, complete with biographies, questions, answers and listening QR codes.

This resource is a beautifully designed PDF collection of 10 Christmas-themed music comprehension worksheets, perfect for KS2 and KS3. Each worksheet introduces pupils to a well-known festive piece, paired with a short, child-friendly composer biography and a set of structured comprehension questions. It is ideal for English, Music, cover lessons, cross-curricular work, homework tasks, or enrichment activities in the run-up to Christmas.

What’s Included

You will receive a single PDF containing:

• 10 one-page non-fiction texts (approx. 150 words each)
• Five comprehension questions per piece, covering retrieval, word meaning, inference, explanation and summary
• Fully written answer sheets for every question
• QR codes linking directly to listening pages on MusicOfTheDay.co.uk
• Clear, classroom-ready layout suitable for printing or digital projection

Pieces Featured

• Winter — Antonio Vivaldi
• A Christmas Greeting — Edward Elgar
• The Skaters’ Waltz — Émile Waldteufel
• Little Tree — Eric Whitacre
• Christmas Oratorio — J. S. Bach
• Silent Night — Gruber (Mike Oldfield performance)
• Fantasia on Christmas Carols — Ralph Vaughan Williams
• In Dulci Jubilo — Traditional, arranged by Pearsall
• Troika — Sergei Prokofiev
• Carol Symphony — Victor Hely-Hutchinson

How This Resource Supports Learning

This pack helps develop:

• Reading comprehension skills
• Musical and cultural understanding
• Vocabulary development and inference
• Critical listening and discussion
• Confidence with cross-curricular tasks (Music + English)
• Independent and guided work

These worksheets work particularly well as ready-to-use December lessons when time is tight, offering a meaningful activity that requires no preparation.

Best For:

• KS2 & KS3 English and Music lessons
• Cover lessons
• Tutor time
• Homework tasks
• Extension and enrichment
• December curriculum planning

Format

You will download a single PDF containing all worksheets and answers.