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Pohela Boishakh.

The Bengali new year, on 14 April. The school celebrates it together, and the courtyard is at the centre of the day.

A crowd in red and white on the courtyard on Pohela Boishakh, seen from above, with coloured bunting strung across the field.
01At a glanceCulture
Kind of event
Culture
When
14 AprilA public holiday. The school announces the day of its own celebration each year.
Who takes part
The whole schoolStudents across the school, with families in the courtyard
Where
The courtyardPainted with an alpona for the day
02What happensThe day, in short

Alpona, folk art and dance in the courtyard.

Pohela Boishakh is the first day of the Bengali year, a festival for everyone in Bangladesh. At Playpen it is celebrated across the school, and the courtyard is at the centre of it.

The courtyard floor is painted with an alpona, the traditional patterns of the day. There are stalls with clay pots and folk art, painted boards, and dance.

In April 2025 the school celebrated Pohela Boishakh 1432.

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Clay pots and traditional crafts on a Pohela Boishakh stall.
03From the albumThe school's own record of the day

Pohela Boishakh 1432, in the school's album.

The school's album "Pohela Boishakh 1432" holds 42 photographs; four may be shown here.

  • The courtyard seen from above on Pohela Boishakh, with a painted alpona on the floor and a crowd in red, white and saffron.
  • A painted paper tiger mask and a red elephant on a green and orange board, with a paper pinwheel above.
  • A painted Pohela Boishakh 1432 card in red, yellow and green, with clay pots, a kite, a fish and folk patterns around the Playpen crest.

The other photographs are on the school's current website and are added here when the school agrees in writing. Select a photograph to see it full screen.

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From the school's photograph album "POHELA BOISHAKH 1432", screened 2026-10-22.

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Bangla and Bengali culture run through the year, from the first classes to the courtyard on this day.

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