The Vanke School Pudong (VSP) in Shanghai offers our students a beautiful and safe campus environment equipped with high quality facilities including state of the art classrooms for learning, incredible indoor and outdoor sports facilities, lecture halls and a large dining hall for breakfast, lunch and dinner (Day students will be provided with lunch each day).
Our campus in Shanghai is a fully bilingual campus offering both English and Mandarin with key staff offering both languages to support our international and domestic students.
Key Facts
Gross prices per week:
Residential programme: RMB 9,660 / 1035 GBP*
Day programme: RMB 6,800 / 725 GBP**
*The residential price includes tuition, trips, activities and full board accommodation.
**Our day camp price includes tuition, trips and activities as well as lunch each day
Location: Vanke School Pudong
Dates: 5th July – 2nd August
Ages: 7- 12 & 13-17
Accommodation: twin/triple/quarduple rooms with private bathroom facilities in apartment style layouts
Breakfast is traditional Chinese style and consists of a variety of choices such as steamed buns, congee, soy milk, milk, eggs, bao, wonton, noodles, dim sum and sticky rice balls.
For lunch and dinner the school dining hall offers 4 main food stations: Chinese Cuisine, Western Cuisine, Noodles and Southeast Asian Cuisine. All with yogurt and side soup to choose from.
With bespoke lesson materials created exclusively for Embassy Summer, our curriculum is designed to engage students in discussion, to develop the key life skills of collaboration and intercultural communication and to provide extensive opportunities to practice and build on their chosen language (English or Mandarin)
Students are welcomed upon arrival at the main school reception area. Here they will be greeted by the Embassy Summer team and we will check them in. Residential students will be shown to their rooms from 3pm. Day students arrive on Monday morning and join our exciting programme directly.
For residential students, on the first evening there is a welcome activity which is designed to ensure students have the opportunity to meet staff and other students and get to know more about the summer camp, the campus, its facilities and useful information that will help to keep them happy and safe during their stay.
Individual students will join their ‘guardian groups’ and meet their guardian who will be on hand throughout their stay to look after their welfare and make sure they remain healthy and are having lots of fun!
With fabulous facilities VSP is a perfect place for students to take part in a wide range of onsite activities. These may include:
Our students get to explore the exciting city of Shanghai during their time with us. Each week we offer an educational visit either to the incredible Shanghai Ocean Aquarium or the amazing Museum of Science and Technology as well as full day trips out and about in Shanghai experiencing all this wonderful city has to offer including; Yu Gardens, Shanghai Old Town, Jade Buddha Temple, the famous Bund, exploring Pudong with views of the Pearl Tower, the Shanghai Tower, river walks and shopping both in Pudong and on the Nanjing Road. For students with us for two weeks or more, there is also a great opportunity to take part in an optional trip (extra cost) to the Shanghai Disney Resort!!
For those travelling from overseas to take part in our summer camp in Shanghai we can also arrange an additional 3 night stay in Beijing (Including the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, the Summer Palace and, of course, The Great Wall of China) or, for real explorers, a 7 night tour of China including a tour of a Panda Sanctuary in Chengdu, a visit to see the Terracotta Army in Xian plus 3 nights in Beijing. Please ask your sales person for more information if you are interested in an additional sightseeing tour.
This programme is for illustrative purposes and activities and visits may change.
| Morning | Afternoon | Evening | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | All student arrivals | Camp induction, health and safety briefing, summer camp rules and regulations. Programme Overview Academic Language Testing | Welcome Games |
| Day 2 | English or Mandarin classes | The Great British Bake Off or Dim Sum Workshop Sports and games, team building activities |
British and Chinese Quiz Night – All About London and Shanghai |
| Day 3 | English or Mandarin classes | Educational visit to the Shanghai Ocean Aquarium | Board Games Evening |
| Day 4 | English or Mandarin classes | Drama Workshop Sports with activity team |
Developing Critical Thinking with the Great Egg Drop |
| Day 5 | English or Mandarin classes | A Royal Arts & Crafts Afternoon – creative afternoon exploring the British Royal Family and making castles, crowns and tiaras or Chinese Lantern Workshop | Traditional Party Games |
| Day 6 | English or Mandarin classes | Afternoon of Tai Chi | Arts & Crafts Activities |
| Day 7 | Full day excursion in Shanghai. Visit to Yu Gardens, Shanghai Old Town, Jade Buddha Temple and the Bund | ||
| Day 8 | A full day of onsite activities including a Painting Workshop and Sports and Games OR an Optional Full Day Excursion to Shanghai Disney Resort | Dance Party Night | |
| Day 9 | English or Mandarin classes | Traditional Sports Day | Exploring creativity with the Trashion Show |
| Day 10 | English or Mandarin classes | Educational visit to the Science and Technology Museum | British Etiquette Evening or Chinese Culture Evening |
| Day 11 | English or Mandarin classes | An afternoon of tea traditions | Fun Team Games |
| Day 12 | English or Mandarin classes | Arts & Crafts Activities Sports with activity team |
Board Games Evening |
| Day 13 | English or Mandarin classes | Traditional graduation and award ceremony | Farewell party |
| Day 14 | Full day excursion in Shanghai with a visit to the Pudong area including a view of the Pearl Tower, Shanghai Tower, river walk and shopping area | ||
| Day 15 | Student Departures | ||
We place the highest priority on care and supervision of all Embassy Summer students around the world so you can rest assured that your young learners will be well looked after during their stay with us. We have a dedicated welfare manager and, for our individuals, dedicated guardians. Members of our team are available 24 hours a day to support students with anything and everything and to ensure that they are happy and healthy!
Our student support staff can help with pretty much everything including:
While basic first aid can be provided on site, where a student may require further medical attention an Embassy Summer staff member will help to make appointments and accompany students to see a doctor or visit the hospital if needed. Given potential language barriers in China for our international group leaders, we will provide a member of our bilingual team to support should a visit to a doctor or the hospital become necessary.
International Medical Center, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University (Pudong Branch), 525 Hongfeng Road, Pudong New Area
Distance/Time: 13.7 km, 25 mins
Nearest Pharmacy: Haiwangxingchen (Nepstar) Health Pharmacy, South of the intersection of Kangqiao Road and Yuxiu Road, Pudong New Area
Distance/Time: 553 m, 2 mins (24-hour business)
All students must have their own travel insurance. If a student does not have insurance then our own GuardMe insurance is available to purchase at point of booking through the Embassy Summer admissions team.
A 24 hour emergency telephone number is available throughout the duration of the summer camp. The phone number will be sent with your booking confirmation documents.
Please note that the centre will be mostly cashless, we would encourage all of our students to bring a digital form of payment with them should they wish to pay for optional trips etc while with us.
For our international students it is imperative that they download either WeChat or AliPay apps on to their phones to be able to pay in most shops in China.
WeChat is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app, similar to Whatsapp and Instagram (for the social media section). It provides a variety of features including text messaging, voice messaging, broadcast (one-to-many) messaging, video calls, photograph and video sharing, as well as location sharing.
We use WeChat in our Chinese summer camps to communicate with our staff and leaders, and for our individual students within their guardian groups.
WeChat is also useful for payments. WeChat enables international users to link their credit or debit cards to the WeChat Pay platform. Once your cards are successfully linked, you can use WeChat Pay to make payments to merchants across various sectors, including dining, shopping, and transportation.
Alipay is an eWallet app which allows users store debit or credit card details to make online and in-store purchases using their phones and is a popular method of payment in China. It works as a mobile wallet-based payment method, similar to apps such as Apple Pay.
Alipay is a good alternative to WeChat, but it does not offer the messaging and social media services that WeChat uses. It is, however, an ideal eWallet app for students travelling with group leaders as part of a group.
Whatsapp can be used in China if using your own mobile phone data, but is not accessible when using wifi. Most international travellers set up an eSIM for their phones before they travel to China and these work well. We recommend that you purchese an eSIM and set this up before you travel.
Some popular websites are not available to access in China. These include many social media sites such as Facebook, X, YouTube and Instagram, as well as search engines, news and productivity sites Google, New York Times, Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive. To access these websites in China, you will need to download/install a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to your device(s) before travelling to China. VPN’s vary in cost and speed of access but include ExpressVPN and NordVPN. While Embassy Summer does not endorse any particular VPN’s we do recommend you install one on your device if you wish to access certain sites while in China. However again, if you are using your own mobile phone data and not using wifi then a VPN will not be necessary.
Since June 28th, 2025 all electronic devices containing batteries, backup batteries and power banks are restricted on flights in China, following the Civil Aviation Administration of China’s (CAAC) safety rules.
Lithium batteries are usually used in notebook PCs, mobile phones, power banks and digital cameras.
Please note that while these regulations are 100% enforceable for all domestic flights in China, some airlines will enforce the rules for flights in to China and travellers may lose their electronic devices when departing China to return home. Power banks with the Chinese 3C (CCC) safety certification mark can be purchased in China if required.
Key Information for China Power Sockets:
No 1700-2-4 Kangqiao Road, Pudong, Shanghai
| Shanghai Pudong International Airport | 30 mins |
| Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport | 45 mins |
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