Will be spending a week in Shanghai in the middle of June with most of family taking part in a program.

Any suggestions for things for me & 11 year old to do, both non Mandarin speaking, would be highly appreciated.

Aquarium, go karting, water town (pick one), urban planning exhibition, swimming at Mandarin city, Hangzhou for a night and day, plus the usual tourist spots.

Btw, you might want to ask a mod to edit your thread title because PVG is just an airport that isn't particularly close to anything interesting.

Boat ride along the Bund.

The somewhat tacky history of Shanghai museum in the basement of the ??? tower on the Pudong side, almost next to the aquarium.

Go to some of the history of the communist party sites, such as former homes of some of the famous politicians. There's a nice museum in the Xiandu (spelling?) area, almost over the tea shop.

Explore the remains of the Shanghai Expo site.

Visit Chinese university campuses such as Fudan. The buildings look very different from a USA college campus.

Depending on interests, the antique stores (old game sets) along philosophers' walk and some of the poster stores in the French Connection or the art museum near people's square and the small contemporary art museum hidden at the back of the garden (behind the lilly pond) next door, perhaps combined with the (modern) architecture of the theater/opera house and some of the nearby hotels such as LRM. [LRM has an amazing koi tank near the entrance to the Chinese restaurant on about the fourth floor. There once was a similar fish tank in the old department store across the street, but it's gone now. Walk toward the water from LRM and check out all of the street performances. Along the Bund, look for kites and groups doing dance exercises in unison.] Maybe include a brief visit to the Shanghai museum, but IMO that would be a tougher sell for a kid.

Take a ride on the Maglev if it wasn't used to/from the airport. Maybe check out the newest subway line too, or try to see the high speed trains, but I'm not sure you can get close without buying tickets.

There are some museums out of the way on the Pudong side, IIRC including a science museum.

Thank you MSPeconomist and moondog

Suggest going to the observatory of the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower for fantastic views of the Bund and the city.

Then why not buy?
I see a suggestion of a night in Hangzhou...
Well, a single trip ticket of Transrapid costs 50 yuan.
A single second class trip on a D train to Suzhou costs 24 yuan 5 jiao. (G train would be 39 yuan 5 jiao). Trip time one way is 25 to 45 minutes.

Is a day trip by HSR to Suzhou a convenient and worthwhile addition to boredom in Shanghai?

Trying to define boredom depends on what your interests are. For example, I visited Suzhou only once in my life when it wasn't obligatory and didn't really find the cultural sights to be my thing. I left there feeling like the most exciting thing was the train ride, and if that's the case then might as well take the faster maglev. On the other hand, it's been at least 9 years and I can't say I ever thought of using the word "boredom" to describe Shanghai.

When all of that gets a little heavy, there's always Jinjiang Action Park.