A teaching assistant spent 70 hours making 34 Shrek beanies to welcome children back to their primary school after lockdown. A photograph of 32 North Ormesby Primary Academy children wearing the green hats went viral after being posted to Twitter by the school’s headteacher. They were the handiwork of Chris Dowie, 62, after she made an offhand promise to a year six student that she would make one for everyone in the class once lockdown was lifted. Y6: "Miss, will you make us a Shrek beanie please?" Mrs Dowie: "When we get out of lockdown, I’ll make the whole of Y6 a Shrek beanie!"