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The school campus integrates nature with built spaces through multi-level terraces and vertical greenery. It uses a ring-shaped learning-pod layout and a vertical, multi-center design that combines teaching, STEM, arts, sports and outdoor centers with integrated services. The learning pods support small-class, face-to-face interaction and collaboration, with 81 pods arranged around a central area. The campus includes high-tech classrooms, a library, multifunction classrooms, and specialized spaces for STEM, chemistry, AI (3D printing), woodworking and multimedia learning. It also houses extensive arts facilities and career-experience spaces, including a dance studio, theatre, piano rooms and art studios, plus a baking classroom.
Basketball courts, a swimming centre, a gym, a rock-climbing wall, a running track, a school playground and indoor-outdoor sports courts are on campus.
High-tech classrooms integrate Apple-based hardware and iPad-enabled learning, with the school designated as an Apple Distinguished School and supported by custom VBS iTunes U courses. Multifunction classrooms, a library and a computer classroom support diverse learning needs. STEM classrooms, chemistry labs and an AI classroom with 3D printing are available, along with a woodworking workshop and a multimedia center to foster hands-on inquiry. The spaces are designed with quality, child-friendly furnishings and eco-conscious materials.
Drama theatre, a Harkness round-table classroom, a debate hall, a project-based learning area, a dance studio, a concert hall, piano rooms and art studios provide space for arts and discussion. Career-experience spaces and a baking classroom support practical, real-world learning.
Vanke Bilingual School (VBS) in Shenzhen is a nine-year (primary + junior middle) private bilingual school run by the Vanke Education Development Foundation and managed under Meisha Education. The school website states it opened in September 2018 and is based at No.80 Huanan Road, Minzhi Sub-district, Longhua District, Shenzhen. VBS describes a blended curriculum: the Chinese national curriculum is taught alongside international-quality courses (ESL, Drama, Science, Art, PE and STEAM elements), delivered through immersive bilingual instruction and project-based learning (PBL). The campus pages and admissions information note small class sizes (primary 24 per class, plus 1 reserved seat for staff children; middle school 32) and facilities that include a heated indoor pool, climbing wall and dedicated STEAM / maker spaces. For fees the school gives 2021 reference figures: primary RMB 58,000 per semester and middle RMB 64,000 per semester (the site says to refer to the current year's admissions brochure for up-to-date rates). All items above are taken from the school website.
