07/06/2014 Newsround

Good morning, I'm here with your first Newsround

First up, the man in charge of our education, Michael Gove,

has said he wants to make sure there's no child who leaves school

He says it?s just as important for kids to read and write

as it is for them to get clean water and be protected from diseases.

This may mean teachers test kids in Year 1.

It?s part of the government wanting everyone

Next, it's the addictive, yet simple game that keeps hundreds of millions

We're talking about Tetris and this week it turned 30 years old.

Ricky has been taking a look back at where it started

It's a game of moving around different shapes made out

of four blocks, to fill a full line, which in turn disappears.

It's a simple idea, but 30 years after it was first developed,

I have been playing it for 25 years. I love it. I feel really relaxed

when I play it. I am completely passionate about the game.

Alexey Pajitnov decided on its name by combining

Its popularity soon spread and in 1989 the Nintendo Gameboy launched

The handheld console sold around 35 million copies.

Even now you can still play Tetris on your phones or tablets.

But after all these years, why has the game remained so popular?

It is the simplicity. Modern games are very absorbing and

time-consuming but something like Tetris you can pick up and play for

ten minutes and if you wanted to you can play for hours because it is

addictive. Its catchy tune might

have helped too. To celebrate its 30th year, the game

reached new heights by being played A veteran soldier who wanted to go

to the commemorations of D-Day in France but couldn't get

a place on an organised trip decided to pack up his medals and go

anyway, without telling anyone. Bernard Jordan, who's 90 years old,

wanted to go to the anniversary service

so much that he left his nursing He sang with some singers

on the ferry and said the day was Next, it's the final of

Britain's Got Talent tonight. Cheryl Cole will be performing her

new single and the 11 finalists will So we want to know who

you want to win and why. Head over to

the website now to let us know. That's all from me,

Newsround's back just before noon.