SCHOOL staff have branded pupil Jack Carter, eight, a golden wonder boy after he collected 7,000 book tokens from crisp packets.

He staggered teachers at Upavon Primary School with his haul after it began collecting the Walkers tokens for its Free Books for Schools scheme.

Many of the school's pupils had collected hundreds of tokens each to contribute towards its grand total of 20,000.

But head teacher David Forster said they were amazed when Jack handed over his collection. He said: We were aware that Jack was bringing in a lot of tokens but it wasn't until we read in the national press that one boy had collected 2,500 that we realised he had brought in far more than that.

If the school can get 25,000 tokens by the end of term, when the promotion ends, they stand a good chance of getting a sports star to come to the school.

Jack's mother, Caroline, said: We have had my parents collecting them for him in Liverpool and his other grandmother in Portsmouth has been sending them to us plus all of our friends have been saving them for us.

Despite his collecting drive she said he doesn't eat a lot of crisps himself. He has a packet with his packed lunch and sometimes he has another packet when he gets home from school, she said.